The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Pair of Ear Ornaments
c. 800–1370
Diameter: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); Overall: 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.)
The Norweb Collection 1950.415
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Wearing large ear ornaments, a privilege of the nobility, permanently stretched the earlobes.- ?-1950Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983] and Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984], Cleveland OH, 1950, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art1950The Cleveland Museum of Art
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1950.415