Earrings

NameEarrings

CultureMazahua

Place madeToluca, Mexico, Mexico, North America

MediumSilver, glass

Dimensions2 3/8 × 2 1/4 × 3/16 in. (6 × 5.7 × 0.5 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.2015.19.31ab

Object numberA.2015.19.31ab

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionCrescent-shaped earrings. Main part of the earing is solid and decorated with lightly-carved designs and three pieces of green glass set equally spaced. At the top of the crescent are two birds facing one another with one of the glass pieces between them. Looping wire design around the edge of the crescent.