Fulani Twisting Leaf Earrings

Gleaming and a little crumpled, these two boat-shaped drops hang from high thin arches.

This twisting leaf earrings is Fulani, from Mali, West Africa, and is contemporary. It is plated gold & brass. The Fulani, also known as the Fula or Peul, are a widely dispersed people of West Africa who are known for their gold jewelry and their tradition of cattle herding. Matched pair of golden earrings with fine hooped tops and swirled leaf-like cups below. The metal looks thin and softly dented, with bright yellow faces and small dark pits along the edges. It is 1.5 inches long.

Delicately dented and happily so, like a well-used kettle.