Tibetan ceremonial beaded hat and belt This is a skull of

This is a skull of the common guillemot

They breed in huge colonies with a density of up to 20 pairs on one square metre of rock

It has a nice colour and is a really tactile object

It has been well cleaned and prepared and is intact with the quadrate bones but is missing the pterygoid

Tibetan ceremonial beaded hat and belt This is a skull ofTibetan Nobleman's beaded ceremonial hat and belt. The colour red is auspicious in Tibetan culture. It is a sacred colour, one of the colours of the five Buddhas and the colour of the monk's garments. Red is related to life force and preservation. The hat and belt are made from intricately laid strings of red glass beadwork with blue and black strings to highlight. Cowrie shells and chips of turquoise are also incorporated into the design. The hat is