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Ethiopian Earrings - North Ethiopia - 4

a pair of very old Ethiopian Earrings from the North, silver with copper and/or brass or Gold. Perhaps it was not a matching pair, as one has silver knobs on the top and the other more copper. Diameter 2,6 cm, 0,6 cm thick, the circle was probably guilded. They are quite heavy.
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