The body of item consists of voluminous halves, the shape of which resembles a crescent moon with "horns up" or a boat. The surface is decorated with a filigree ornament of braids and triangles. Completing the decoration are the miniature hollow figurines of waterfowl, presumably ducks, made from two parts embossed with the matrix. They are placed on "horns" decorated with a solid wire winding. A high wire bracket with a bent end is firmly fixed between the halves of one of the duck figurine. From below wire rings are soldered to the body of the earring, to which images of waterfowl are suspended on chains, as if on horns.
This type of earrings has been known since the 2nd millennium BCE in the cultures of the Danube and the Mediterranean. In the territory of the Northern Black Sea region, in Scythia, they began to spread from the 6th century BCE. In general, the "boat-moon" motif appeared in the decorative art of Egypt as early as the 3rd millennium BCE.
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