DepartmentTextiles-Latin America
Filigree earrings
NameEarrings
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Date1940s
Place madeYucatan, Mexico, North America
MediumSilver
Dimensions2 15/16 × 1 13/16 × 13/16 in. (7.5 × 4.6 × 2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Hank Lee, A.2020.12.1ab
Object numberA.2020.12.1ab
ProvenanceHank Lee purchased in the Yucatan.
DescriptionPair of filigree earrings in shape of orchid. Ear post has orchid representation; pendant is larger orchid representation. Each has leaves, flower petals, stamen.
ca 1900
