Fulani Twisting Leaf Earrings

Folded like a paper boat and gilded like a small sunrise, each earring has a very tall handle.

This twisting leaf earrings is Fulani, from Mali, West Africa, and is contemporary. It is plated gold & brass. Plating is a method of covering a base metal such as brass with a thin layer of gold, which gives the look of solid gold at a lighter weight. Two earrings in bright yellow, each with a long thin arch above a deep, curved cup. Overlapping petal-like folds twist across the front and a soft crinkle runs across the surface. It is 1 inches long.

A small golden origami with big ambitions.