Serpent brooch

NamePin

Maker Los Castillo (Mexican)

Place madeTaxco, Guerrero, Mexico, North America

MediumMetal

Dimensions3 3/16 × 1 1/4 × 1/4 in. (8.1 × 3.2 × 0.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Stafford and John Thomas, from the Davis and Pack Collection of Mexican Jewelry, A.2015.19.69

Object numberA.2015.19.69

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionPreColumbian serpent design in married metals. A curving serpent with large teeth in its mouth, and some sort of frill or headdress on its head. Its tail has a fan with small balls hanging from the end of it. The main body of the serpent is silver and is spotted with different colored metals, one coppery the other brassy. The teeth and headdress are also in the copper and brass colored metals.