MSI494

PAIR OF SILVER YAO (ALSO USED BY HMONG – MIEN – LAHU) HILL-TRIBES – BENT ARROW-SHAPED EARRINGS – ANTIQUE – ORIGINAL – GENUINE.
FROM THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
HIGH SILVER CONTENT.
FROM THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE (LAOS – THAILAND – BURMA & SW CHINA).
SOURCED FROM ORIGIN.
WEIGHT: 17.18GRM APPROX. (8.6GRM & 8.6GRM).
MEASUREMENTS: L24MM X W28MM.
EARLOBE HOLE SIZE: 4MM.
CONDITION: USABLE – COLLECTIBLE – DISPLAYABLE – VERY GOOD FOR ITS AGE – FULLY INTACT (SEE IMAGES).

*LIGHTLY CLEANED TO PRESERVE DETAIL WHILE MAINTAINING ORIGINAL PATINA.
REFERENCE:
– PEOPLE OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE – PAGE: 60 – BY PAUL AND ELAIN LEWIS – RIVER BOOKS
– A WORLD OF EARRINGS: AFRICA – ASIA – AMERICA – PAGE: 232 – BY ANN VAN CUTSEM – SKIRA
– THE JEWELRY OF SOUTHEAST ASIA – PAGE: 70 – IMAGE#: 156 – ANNE RICHTER – THAMES & HUDSON
– THE ART OF SILVER JEWELLERY – FROM THE MINORITIES OF CHINA – THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE – MONGOLIA & TIBET – PAGE: 91 – THE RENE VAN DER STAR COLLECTION – SKIRA
– THE VANISHING TRIBES OF BURMA – PAGE: 39, 40, 41 – RICHARD K. DIRAN – AMPHOTO ART, AN IMPRINT OF WATSON-GUPTILL PUBLICATIONS / NEW YORK
– FROM THE HANDS OF THE HILLS – PAGE: 161, 162, 187 – MARGARET CAMPBELL – THE THAI HILLCRAFT FOUNDATION – MEDIA TRANSASIA

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