Kashmiri Earrings - Vintage Tribal Crescent - Belly Dance Jewelry

Handmade vintage earrings have a thicker ear wire. These often cannot be worn by those who have not worn heavy earrings or stretched their piercings at least a bit. They can be worn as earrings in stretched piercings, through tunnels, or can be attached to a headpiece or other costume accessory.  You could even attach modern gauge hooks to the ear wires to wear through western piercings since they are fairly lightweight for their size.  These pieces are fully made by hand and there may be slight differences between the two. Please note that these are USED earrings and the wires should be thoroughly cleaned before wearing through piercings.

Kashmiri jewelry is often large and showy or if smaller is worn in addition to other pieces.  The mountainous regions of far northeastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, Kashmir and northern India are a trove of jewelry designs.  Here many cultures overlap and jewelry styles intertwine and meld, becoming seemingly familiar and yet distinctly different.  Materials, techniques and ideas are borrowed, passed along and reworked into amazing pieces.

Item No. JEK0263
Width/Diameter: About 2.5 inches across
Length:  4 inches
Ear Wire Gauge: Perhaps a 10 to 12 gauge
Materials:  Mixed Metals
Metal Color:  Silvery
Metal Finish:  Polished. Some of the bells are unpolished and darker.
Country of Origin: Pakistan
Condition: Vintage

These are USED earrings.  Please clean the ear wires thoroughly if you will be wearing through piercings.

Please check photos carefully for condition. You will receive the exact piece(s) shown in the photos on this page. This is a USED piece that has been previously worn in country. As a previously used tribal item it may have small flaws such as loose or missing jewels, missing bells, obvious repairs, may be tarnished or worn, or have other small flaws.

A NOTE ON THE CONDITION OF TRIBAL ITEMS: Our jewelry is used tribal jewelry, from faraway lands. As used pieces the condition of our items will reflect their prior lives as treasured tribal pieces. Please know that we strive to maintain the tribal allure of our items and therefore we do not clean or repair these pieces in any way. We leave that choice to the buyer, as each may prefer something different. This not only maintains the old, tribal look of each piece that our belly dance customers seek, but also preserves the value of a piece that cleaning might diminish.

We do our best to describe any flaws that may be present in our items, and we encourage you to read the full description and look at all photos closely to judge the condition of the item for yourself and know exactly what you are ordering. If you have questions about the condition of any item, please ask!