Earring with Head of a Gazelle (Primary Title)
Unknown (Artist)
Animal-headed earrings were quite fashionable in both Greece and Rome. Depictions of women wearing such earrings in ancient art show that the animal heads hung upside down beneath the earlobe.
Gift of Mrs. Rodney Williams
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC
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