Chaplet (headgear)
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A chaplet is a headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring. It is typically worn on festive occasions and on holy days. In ancient times a chaplet also served
Boy with a chaplet of laurel.
Roman Mosaic c. 2nd century AD
Goddess Flora
Cheyenne man wearing a wreath of cottonwood leaves
Laurel wreath
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A laurel wreath is a symbol of triumph, a wreath made of connected branches and leaves of the bay laurel, an aromatic broadleaf evergreen. It was also later made from spineless butcher's broom or cher
A laurel wreath decorating a memorial at the Folketing, the national parliament of Denmark.
Apollo and Daphne
An actress performing a play. She wears an ivy wreath and stands in front of a statue of a woman from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (room 21, The British Museum, London)
Ovid with laurel wreath, common in poets