Married metals brooch

NamePin

Maker Los Castillo (Mexican)

Place madeTaxco, Guerrero, Mexico, North America

MediumMetal

Dimensions1 3/4 × 1 9/16 × 3/8 in. (4.5 × 4 × 1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Stafford and John Thomas, from the Davis and Pack Collection of Mexican Jewelry, A.2015.19.66

Object numberA.2015.19.66

DescriptionCircular brooch showing the "married metals" technique. Brooch design is abstract. The design is made of a silver crescent along the bottom edge of the brooch. The empty space of the crescent is filled by a brass colored circle. From the bottom edge of the brooch, a silver, recurved shape comes across to the brass circle. In the end of this shape is a bronze colored oval shape.