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Crescent-Shaped Earring
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The Byzantine lady who wore this earring may also have woven similar ornaments into her hair. Those who could afford it adorned not only their body but also their clothing with glittering jewels and shimmering gold.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineCrescent-Shaped Earring, 1000–1100. Byzantium, Constantinople?, Byzantine period, 11th century. Gold filigree with cloisonné enamel; average: 2.3 x 2.6 cm (7/8 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1946.493
