The ornament is exquisitely made and it is valued as a national treasure. Similar jade ornaments have appeared at archaeological sites in southern and northern Taiwan. The people of Taiwan's prehistory may have had commercial contacts and perhaps marital ties.
與這人獸形玉玦耳飾一模一樣的文物，在南台灣的墾丁與北台灣的圓山遺址都有出土，可見遠古的史前人類就有貿易或是婚嫁的往來。