It looks a little like a cat with three whiskers over her chin. I had my ears pierced when I was five. It was my mother's idea, but I agreed. Pierced and elongated earlobes were a sign of nobility amongst the Incas. Samburu women in Africa wear double strands of beads looped from their ears for each son who becomes a warrior.
Masai women wear earrings to show they're married.
Ear piercing can mean many things and nothing at all. It might just be the easiest way to wear earrings. Men wearing earrings used to be considered completely bizarre, unless they were pirates. Then depending on the ear, piercing was supposed to show whether a man was heterosexual or homosexual. Today, many men wear earrings in one or both ears and hardly anyone notices.