Diving Hammerhead

Positioning the hammerhead in a steep vertical dive gives these gold-tone earrings an active profile compared to most horizontal fish designs. The photo-etched brass clearly defines the swept-back pectoral fins and the wide cephalofoil head, which houses the electroreceptive organs the shark uses to sweep the sand for prey. I rarely come across this specific design, making it a very scarce find among the studio's marine pieces.

• Subject: Sharks
• Category: Single Species Portraits
• Form: Earrings
• Finish: Gold Plated
• Rarity: very scarce
• Tags: Full-Body, Species Photo
• Reference: SHR-08

Diving Hammerhead is a vintage Wild Bryde earrings featuring sharks. This entry in the Wild Bryde Unofficial Collectors Guide documents the piece with photographs and collector notes for identification.