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Headwear

Pointed Hats

One of the more iconic articles of Scythian clothing is the pointed felt or leather hat, which tends (in classical Greek and Persian art) to distinguish the Scythians and Sakas from other groups.

Hats were often decorated with metal plaques. Some of the Altai hats were also decorated with wooden figures, sometimes covered with gold foil. Altai hats also sometimes had wooden “bird head” decorations on the tips of their hat points.

There are several styles of hats (pointed or otherwise) depicted or found in burials:

1. The stiff, conical pointed hat of the saka tigrakhauda
2. The stiff or semi-stiff cap with a curved point/tip that might have been shaped or fitted at the top with a wooden bird head decoration, as per above
3. Round coif-like hats, such as from the Arzhan-2 burial

Women’s Headwear

Diadems and tiaras

also includes bands for temple pendants/rings

Headdresses

veils likely included