DepartmentTextiles-Latin America
Double-headed eagle pendant necklace
NameNecklace
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Dateearly-mid 20th century
Place madeAntigua, Guatemala, North America
MediumSilver
Dimensions17 5/16 × 9 1/16 × 3/16 in. (44 × 23 × 0.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Patricia M. Newman in memory of Regina Murphy, A.2020.2.1
Object numberA.2020.2.1
ProvenanceCollected by the donors late mother, Regina Murphy, during a trip to Antigua, Guatemala in 1992.
DescriptionSilver chain with 23 pendants, or charms, attached. The central pendant depicts and two-headed eagle and has four pendants hanging from it--a cross, bird, rabbit and a bird.The other pendants depict animals, crosses and hearts.
Artist Not Recorded
Artist Not Recorded
Late 19th-early 20th century
Late 19th-early 20th century
ca. 1880
