Vintage 1980s Bamboo 9ct Gold Hoop Drop Earrings ART NOUVEAU measures 4cms in length and

measures 4cms in length and 1

Due to the age of the piece

as the powder melts it flows and solidifies

the wire is 1

Vintage 1980s Bamboo 9ct Gold Hoop Drop Earrings ART NOUVEAU measures 4cms in length andVintage 1980s hollow gold hoop earrings set in 9ct yellow gold. These stunning earrings are a bamboo design which was very popular during this period. HISTORY Hoop earrings originated in Africa, dating back to Nubia, a civilization that existed in the fourth century in what is now present day Sudan, according to Yekaterina Barbash, associate curator of Egyptian art at the Brooklyn Museum. In ancient Egypt, both men and women wore hoop earrings.