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[[File:Hibenkan.JPG|right|thumb|400px|A replica of the Naha City Museum of History crown, on display at [[Shuri castle]]]]
 
[[File:Hibenkan.JPG|right|thumb|400px|A replica of the Naha City Museum of History crown, on display at [[Shuri castle]]]]
*''Other Names'': 玉冠 ''(J: ''gyokukan'' or ''gyokkan'', O: tamanchaabui)''<ref>While the Japanese ''gyokukan'' or ''gyokkan'' might be translated as "jewel crown," the Okinawan term ''tamanchaabui'' is more closely related to a verb form, and might be translated into Japanese as ''tama mi kaburi'', and English as "crowned with jewels" or "wearing jewels on one's head." Robert K. Sakai et al (eds.), ''Shashinshû: Bôkyô Okinawa'' 写真集:望郷沖縄, vol. 5, Tokyo: Honpo shoseki, 1981., p120.</ref>
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*''Other Names'': 玉冠 ''(J: ''gyokukan'' or ''gyokkan'', O: tamanchaabui)''<ref>While the Japanese ''gyokukan'' or ''gyokkan'' might be translated as "jewel crown," the Okinawan term ''tamanchaabui'' is more closely related to a verb form, and might be translated into Japanese as ''tama mi kaburi'' 玉御頭冠, and English as "crowned with jewels" or "wearing jewels on one's head." Robert K. Sakai et al (eds.), ''Shashinshû: Bôkyô Okinawa'' 写真集:望郷沖縄, vol. 5, Tokyo: Honpo shoseki, 1981., p120.</ref>
 
*''Japanese/Chinese'': 皮弁冠 ''(hibenkan / pi bian guan)''
 
*''Japanese/Chinese'': 皮弁冠 ''(hibenkan / pi bian guan)''
  
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