History Late Bronze Age "Berlin Golden Hat"

[Maciamo]

I came across this intriguing ceremonial hat dating from about 1000 to 800 BCE.

Here is a close-up.

It seems to have been used as a kind of calendar.

Archaeologists seem to believe that it was used as a hat, but it could just as well have been used for display in a sort of temple.

 

[Vitruvius]

I agree that it looks much more like a display piece than a hat.

 

[Jovialis]

I've seen it at the Neues museum in Berlin, it was a very interesting exhibit. The museum had the best prehistoric European displays I've seen.

 

[davef]

So the cat in the hat DID exist during the Bronze Age