House Ledger · MM-INDEX-2025-OBJ-004 Inaugural Admission · Season 01 (2025)

Hoop Earrings — Continuous Line

What it is
A circular earring that reads the face with a single uninterrupted line.

Why it matters (women’s culture)
They are a portable declaration: work, celebration, identity—owned and worn by women across cultures and centuries. The line is simple; the meaning is not.

Form

• Complete or near-complete circle; readable at distance
• Gauge scaled to face/hair; closure that disappears
• Pair or single, symmetry optional

Substance

• Gold, silver, steel; tube or solid wire
• Secure hinges/clasps for daily wear
• Repairable components; weight balanced for comfort

Provenance

• Worn since antiquity across Mediterranean, Africa, Americas
• Primary: museum object records (dating, materials)
• Secondary: ethnographic and fashion histories

How to keep it

• Check closures; clean with appropriate cloth
• Store in pairs; avoid hair-pulling contexts
• Choose weight you can keep on all day

Where it belongs
Daily life, celebration, work.

Where to find
Jewelers and cultural markets; museum shops; makers with hallmark and weight noted.

Method & Evidence

Method: Assessed against Form · Substance · Provenance. Evidence includes dated objects and materials analysis. No paid placement; inclusion is earned.
Observed: Jan–Oct 2025

Sources

• Primary: The Met/British Museum hoop earring entries with dates/materials [Object IDs].
• Secondary: Cultural histories of adornment; exhibition catalogs.

Ledger & Version
MM-INDEX-2025-OBJ-004 · Version 1.0 (Oct 2025)

Evidence addenda
Corrections/evidence: evidence@modernmonclaire.com (Subject: Addendum — Hoop Earrings — [Culture/Date]).

Cross-references
See also: White Oxford Shirt — Readable Workwear; The Scent Wardrobe — Memory Kept on the Skin