DepartmentTextiles-Latin America
Cross pendant
NamePendant
Place madeYalalag, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America
MediumMetal, glass
Dimensions5 1/8 × 2 7/16 × 9/16 in. (13 × 6.2 × 1.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Stafford and John Thomas, from the Davis and Pack Collection of Mexican Jewelry, A.2015.19.82
Object numberA.2015.19.82
DescriptionMetal cross. At the center of the cross is a red glass bead with wings on either side. From both ends of the horizontal crossbar and from the bottom arm three pendants hang from squash blossoms. At the ends of the pendants there are ornate crosses with decorative cutouts.
Jesus Cazares
Artist Not Recorded