MSI076

SILVER PLUGS (EAR TUNNELS) FROM BURMA WORN BY YINBAO KAREN – SHAN STATE | RED KAREN HILL TRIBES

MEASUREMENTS:
WEIGHT: 12.3 GRM
EARLOBE SIZE: 18 MM
LENGTH: 19 MM | FRONT FLARE: 24 MM
ESTIMATED AGE: MID-20TH CENTURY (CIRCA 1940–1960), BASED ON STYLE, CRAFTSMANSHIP, AND PATINA

CONDITION:
VERY GOOD, NICE PATINA, ALL INTACT, NOTICE AS THEY ARE USED AND OLD EACH PLUG MISSING THIN LINE OF FRONT & BACK PLATE SUPPORT (SEE IMAGES), BUT IT DOES NOT EFFECT CONNECTION SOLIDNESS AND LOOK

REFERENCE:

• A WORLD OF EARRINGS AFRICA – ASIA – AMERICA – PAGE: 236 – 237 – BY ANN VAN CUTSEM – SKIRA

• THE VANISHING TRIBES OF BURMA – PAGE: 220 – 223 – RICHARD K. DIRAN – AMPHOTO ART AND IMPRINT OF WATSON – GUPTILL – PUBLICATIONS / NEW YORK

QUANTITY: 1 PAIR