Gold Spring1

These gold spring were found twined on two of the spindle-shaped wood pieces that were placed on two lacquered gasket on a wood table in the east tomb chamber. On the two wood pieces there are in total 462 springs, each is 2 centimeters long and weighs 1.4 grams. The diameter of one gold wire is merely 0.5 centimeters and all the springs are quite soft. The function of these springs remains unknown.