DepartmentTextiles-Latin America
Necklace with 18th c Virgin of Guadalupe medal and silver crosses
NameNecklace
Place madeOaxaca, Mexico, North America
Mediumglass, silver
Dimensions16 11/16 × 1 3/8 in. (42.4 × 3.5 cm)
Object numberFA.1975.1.212
DescriptionDouble string of black glass beads joined at intervals by red glass beads. Two slender crosses hand part way up. Two silver hollow beads are just above pendant, which is a Virgin of guadelupe medal. On the back of the medal something is incised which may be writing.
ca. 1900
Torah scroll: Circa 1875; Tik (Case): 1933 (Hebrew Year 5693)
Late 19th Century, Patricia LaFarge