Earring

Description

Earrings - traditional women’s silver ornaments intended to be worn on the ears. The museum object consists of two earrings made of silver of 500 fineness using the forging technique. The main sections are dome-shaped, with slightly flattened lower edges. Shaped projecting elements are present at the top. The surfaces bear no additional ornamentation.
Earrings of this dome-shaped form were used as women’s decorative jewellery. The combination of the domed bodies and the projecting upper elements defines the formal character of the objects. The shaping of silver by forging reflects traditional 20th-century metalworking practices.
The museum object is an ethnographic source illustrating women’s adornment practices, the formal characteristics of silver earrings, and the shaping of metal through forging.