Mayan profile brooch

NamePin

Maker Los Castillo (Mexican)

Place madeTaxco, Guerrero, Mexico, North America

MediumOnyx, silver

Dimensions2 1/2 × 1 5/8 × 3/8 in. (6.3 × 4.1 × 0.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Stafford and John Thomas, from the Davis and Pack Collection of Mexican Jewelry, A.2015.19.65

Object numberA.2015.19.65

DescriptionBrooch made of onyx and silver showing a face. Face is depicted in profile with the skin being of onyx and the details in silver. What appears to be hair or some kind of headdress is also in silver. The face has a slanted eye and an open mouth.