Fulani Twisting Leaf Earrings

Two crumpled golden bowls dangle from slender loops, looking pleased with their rumples.

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. Matching earrings with high thin hoops and rolled petal bodies. The folds spiral round and flare at one end, and the yellow surface has a bright shine with small nicks and darker pockets. It is 1 inches long.

Rumpled, radiant and quite proud of it.