earring

One of a pair of earrings in white metal (possibly silver), with one sky blue bead (possibly turquoise) joining the upper and lower metal parts of the earring. The upper half has a wire loop to hook through the ear lobe, attached to a flat, heart-shaped panel of white metal openwork in a floral motif. This section is attached via a white metal bar which passes through the blue bead to the lower half. The lower part is in white metal openwork with raised ram’s horns motifs which meet to form a dome (in a manner comparable to that of a Turkmen hat). Flat, leaf shaped pendants hang below the dome of ram’s horns.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2002.277.1
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 99 x 21 x 21 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wire; silver; turquoise; white metal
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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