DepartmentLatin America
Earrings, Monte Alban replicas
NameEarrings
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Dateearly 20th-mid 20th Century
Place madeOaxaca, Mexico, North America
MediumGold
Dimensions2 1/2 × 1 1/16 × 1/2 in. (6.4 × 2.7 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Florence Dibell Bartlett
Object numberA.1955.1.138ab
DescriptionGold earrings with screw back fastening (made for unpierced ears). The tops of the earrings are rounded, three-dimensional ellipses decorated by textured zig zag incisions, creating a chevron pattern. A second larger ellipse hangs from the top one by two short pieces of chain. The larger ellipse is also decorated by the chevron incisions; however this is encircled by a plain circle of gold (like a frame). Soldered to the bottom of each of the lower ellipses are three filigree decorations. Each decoration is made up of three adjacent teardrop shaped hoops; from each of the middle hoops hangs a long teardrop shaped hollow dangle. The three dangles on each earring are shaped like long rounded cones with slits in the bottom, giving them the appearance of bells.
Artist Not Recorded
Early 20th century
ca. 1900-1925
