DepartmentTextiles-Latin America
Earring
NameEarring
Place madeTehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America
(not assigned)México
MediumGold
Dimensions1 7/8 × 1 1/4 × 3/16 in. (4.7 × 3.1 × 0.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Stafford and John Thomas, from the Davis and Pack Collection of Mexican Jewelry, A.2015.19.47
Object numberA.2015.19.47
DescriptionSingle crescent-shaped gold earring. The outer crescent has a notched edge; the inner pendant is undecorated. The central element is a four-lobed pendant that resembles a leaf.
Genaro Vargas
ca. 1900