while the back is smooth

It is shaped like a rounded triangle with a hole in the center

The earlobe is visible from the top

are worn as piercing rings

while the front is closed like a plug by the spiral pattern

Saddle Plug Flesh Tunnel Büffel Schädel Messing gold Sizes:14 mm while the back is smoothThis brass ear stretcher isn't a typical flesh tunnel or plug, but a saddle plug. This means it's inserted into the earlobe like a saddle, covering only the underside of the piercing. Like a tunnel, you can still see through the earlobe. The plug's design extends below the piercing, depicting the head of a buffalo. Not a live buffalo, but its skull a buffalo skull. The brass is partially oxidized to a dark patina. The front shows the buffalo's face,