Ornamented with five grinning skull at the base, the domed chignon
with a visvavajra in front, flanked by a skull and crescent moon, and
surmounted by a stylized flaming lotus.

It Imitates a Chignon, as if the hairstyle were worked in metal.
Grinning skulls adorn its bottom edge. The upper , cylindrical portion is decorated with a double, or universal, thunderbold
(vishvavajra), a skull perphapsrepresenting the sun, and a crescent. The flaming wheel at the apex no double symbolizes the supremacy of
the Buddhist religion. The headdress could have been worn by a monk in a Tantric ritual, by an oracle, or even by a god. Nor can we be certain of its provenance. It could have been made in any region of
the Tibetan cultural realm.