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Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Pair of Ear Ornaments

Pair of Ear Ornaments

c. 800–1370
hammered and embossed gold alloy
Diameter: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); Overall: 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.)
The Norweb Collection 1950.415
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Wearing large ear ornaments, a privilege of the nobility, permanently stretched the earlobes.
  • ?-1950
    Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983] and Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984], Cleveland OH, 1950, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1950
    The Cleveland Museum of Art
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