Jade horseshoe

[Jade horseshoe shaped ware]

Jade horseshoe shaped ware, 9.5 cm in height, 9-7.1 cm in upper mouth. The lower mouth is 6.9-5.5 cm. Hongshan Culture in the Neolithic Age
The ware is made of cyan jade, which is cylindrical and has corrosion spots on the surface. The lower part is brown and slightly damaged. The wall is thin and the surface is smooth. This kind of jade is often found in the Hongshan Cultural Relics. Some works are placed under the skull of the buried person. The section is mostly oval, the upper mouth is slightly wide, sloping, the lower mouth is flat, and some have small holes drilled near the lower mouth. Because the whole work looks like a horseshoe, it is called a horseshoe, and some collectors call it a hair hoop. As for the function of horseshoe-shaped tools, researchers have many speculations, such as those used for hair binding, agricultural tools made by imitating bone Lei, and other speculations