Sense Sonnet - Pumper

Old Cone Heads

Ancient Egyptian art is filled
With pointy cones upon the heads
Of people as adornments frilled
With fancy artistry on spreads.
In tombs a few cones have been found,
And bees wax is how they were made,
With fabric then around them bound,
With varied colorings inlaid.
What was the purpose of these cones?
Nobody really seems to know,
Just another of the unknowns
Of fashion fads so long ago.

A studied object of mystique,
The cone of silence, so to speak.