Guitar earrings

NameEarrings

Place madeToluca, Mexico, Mexico, North America

MediumSilver

Dimensions1 3/4 × 3/8 × 1/2 in. (4.5 × 1 × 1.3 cm) (per piece)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Stafford and John Thomas, from the Davis and Pack Collection of Mexican Jewelry, A.2015.19.7ab

Object numberA.2015.19.7ab

DescriptionEarrings in the shape of guitars. At the top, under the hook, is a silver bow. The guitar hangs from the top of the neck, the tuning pegs are represented as small dots, the strings are thin silver wire. The guitar body is a traditional simple shape: two circles on top of one another. The guitars have a decoration on the bodies in the form of a geometric, zig-zag pattern.