Traditional old silver earplugs from the Karen tribes living in the golden triangle hills on the border of Thailand and Myanmar. They were use with some bettle colorful wings.
They have to be worn on extended earlobes holes.
High-grade silver +800 (tested).
From the first half of the 20th century.
Dimensions:
Gauge: 15 mm
Diameter of the rim at the back side of the earring: 19 mm
Diameter: 30 mm
Both of them weigh 18,4 gr.
Literature:
“Peoples of the golden triangle”, Lewin, Paul and Elaine, River Books, Bangkok, 1998, p. 60
“A world of earrings. Africa, Asia America”, van Cutsem, Anne, Skira, 2001, p. 236
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