The Indus Civilization c7.30

c7.30

The presence of earrings on some of the figurines shows that they were sometimes worn, but actual specimens are very rare, owing, perhaps, to the fact that a ring which pierces the ear-lobe is of all ornaments the most difficult to lose. In addition, the rings themselves are sometimes hard to distinguish from finger-rings, for they often consist of simple coils of gold, silver, or copper wire. One more elaborate pair, however, is composed of studs of gold, each 1·2 inches in diameter and having a slightly domed face with a cable pattern round the edge. Soldered inside each stud is a short tube designed to pass through the ear and fit into a smaller stud at the back of the lobe.