DepartmentTextiles-Latin America
Earrings
NameEarrings
CultureMazahua
Place madeToluca, Mexico, Mexico, North America
MediumSilver, coins
Dimensions2 3/4 × 1 × 1/2 in. (7 × 2.5 × 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.2015.19.33ab
Object numberA.2015.19.33ab
DescriptionSilver earrings, each with a flower at the top from which hang two birds facing each other set on a silver coin. Below the coin are four dangling embellishments. Between the birds is set a green piece of glass.
ca. 1910
1980s
19th century
Artist unrecorded
late 19th century
20th century
1925-1935
