Cross necklace

NameNecklace

Place madePinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

MediumSilver, glass, coral

Dimensions16 15/16 × 2 × 3/8 in. (43 × 5.1 × 1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Stafford and John Thomas, from the Davis and Pack Collection of Mexican Jewelry, A.2015.19.98

Object numberA.2015.19.98

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionNeckalce made of red and silver beads with a large cross pendant. Long string of mostly red beads is interspersed with some small and large silver beads. Pendant is a cross with three pendants hanging from both side of the horizontal crossbar and the bottom. The pendants are flat and textured with small carved designs.