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PAIR OF MIX SILVER LAHU (MUSUR) TRIBE ROUND EARRINGS WITH HANDCRAFTED LEAF & FILIGREE DANGLING PIECE – GOLDEN TRIANGLE ORIGIN

RARE VINTAGE EARRINGS SOURCED DIRECTLY FROM THE LAHU (MUSUR) PEOPLE AT THE THAI–MYANMAR BORDER. THESE EARLY 20TH-CENTURY PIECES SHOW A TRADITIONAL ROUND BENT FORM WITH A FRONT-FACING FLOWER MOTIF AND A HANDCRAFTED LEAF AND FILIGREE DANGLING ELEMENT THAT PRODUCES A GENTLE RINGING SOUND WHEN WORN. CREATED IN THE 1920S USING A MIXED SILVER ALLOY TYPICAL OF HILLTRIBE SILVERSMITHING IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE (NOT SILVER TESTED).

FACTS & DETAILS
• ORIGIN: GOLDEN TRIANGLE, THAILAND–BURMA (ASIA)
• TRIBE: LAHU (MUSUR)
• PERIOD: EARLY 20TH CENTURY (APPROX. 1920S)
• METAL: MIXED SILVER ALLOY
• WEIGHT (PAIR): 8.47 GRAMS
• LENGTH: 50 MM
• EARLOBE HOLE SIZE: 1 MM
• CONDITION: USED, WELL-PRESERVED WITH NATURAL PATINA
• WEARING POSITION: EARLOBE ENTRY UPFRONT
• SELL AS PAIR