Handmade bronze mens earring, Ukrainian Cossack earring.

The Ukrainian Cossacks could learn a lot about their comrade by the guys earrings.  The left ear was pierced by a Cossack, who had only his mother left among his relatives.  Right meant that before you stands the last descendant of the family.  The only son of his parents wore two earrings.  It was believed that the małe crescent earrings served as a talisman for a warrior.

 Bronze, casting, engraving, toning.

30x25 mm/1.2"X1", weight about 3.3 grams