Ear Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

Ear Ornament

Date
c. 800–1370
Medium
hammered and embossed gold alloy
Culture
Peru, North Coast, Sicán, 9th-14th Century
Department
Art of the Americas
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

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

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