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H'Mông heavy earrings

Massive tribal H’Mông earrings in the form of a densely wound disc, a traditional sign of a woman’s status and strength.
Origin: Miao
SKU: KL-1005
Massive tribal H’Mông earrings in the form of a densely wound disc, a traditional sign of a woman’s status and strength.
SKU: KL-1005
Origin: Miao
  • Material type:
    stop metali
  • Gemstones:
    brak kamieni
  • Earwires:
    przeciągane
  • Historical Status:
    współczesne
  • Condition:
    nowe
  • Length:
    5 cm
  • Width:
    5 cm
  • Height:
    1.5 cm
  • Weight:
    43 g

H'Mông heavy earrings

Earrings from women belonging to the H'Mông ethnic minority that are a real highlight. It is not an ordinary decoration, in the European sense. H'Mông earrings can tell whether the woman wearing them is wealthy or poor; hardworking or less urgent. The owner of large discs is certainly hardworking and rich. Handicraft product. For direct wearing, these earrings require widened holes in the auricle. Despite this, the earrings are supplied with special open earwires - hooks with a thickness not exceeding 1 millimeter. Thanks to this, earrings can be worn by virtually everyone who has pierced ears.