earflare

English

Etymology

ear +‎ flare

Noun

earflare (plural earflares)

  1. A kind of earspool (short cylindrical ear ornament) worn by high-status Maya.
    • 2005, Lila Perl, The Ancient Maya, page 26 (image caption):
      A Maya figure is depicted with earflares, a type of ear ornament.
    • 2007, Handbook of the Collections: Princeton University Art Museum‎, page 121:
      The earflares, with long central shafts, reflect his high status.
    • 2009, Matthew G. Looper, To Be Like Gods: Dance in Ancient Maya Civilization‎, page 64:
      Each of the lords is already dressed in jade earflares, Jester God crowns, collars, wristlets, knee bands, and feathered anklets studded with jade beads.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:earflare.
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