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Pair of Ear Ornaments
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Pair of Ear Ornaments

c. 800–1370 · hammered and embossed gold alloy

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Wearing large ear ornaments, a privilege of the nobility, permanently stretched the earlobes.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit linePair of Ear Ornaments, c. 800–1370. Peru, North Coast, Sicán, 9th-14th century. Hammered and embossed gold alloy; diameter: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); overall: 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1950.415
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