Ancient Fretwork Earrings

$75.00 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Stunning jewelry is the ideal gift for her. Our striking openwork earrings bear a bold stepped-fret pattern adapted from a Peruvian nose ornament (1st century BCE–2nd century CE) in The Met collection. For the peoples of this ancient region, gold was endowed with spiritual and symbolic meaning; it was associated with worldly power, status, and wealth. This rare adornment displays the technical mastery achieved by a gifted Peruvian goldsmith working more than 2,000 years ago.