DepartmentTextiles-Latin America
Aretes Paloma y Choclo / Dove and Corn Earrings
NameEarrings
Maker
Edwin Del Pino Huamán
Date2017
Place madeHuamanga, Ayacucho, Peru, South America
Medium950 silver, pearls
Dimensions3 3/4 × 1 9/16 × 9/16 in. (9.5 × 4 × 1.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2017.45.3ab
Object numberFA.2017.45.3ab
DescriptionPair of earrings with birds and corn. Each earring has a bird with wings extended rendered in silver, two flowers with silver petals and a pearl center, and an ear of corn with silver leafs and tiny pearls for the kernels. The earrings are mirror images of each other.
