Hoop earring

NameEarring

Place madePatzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico, North America

MediumMetal

Dimensions2 7/8 × 1 3/8 × 3/8 in. (7.3 × 3.5 × 1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Stafford and John Thomas, from the Davis and Pack Collection of Mexican Jewelry, A.2015.19.106

Object numberA.2015.19.106

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionSingle crescent-shaped earring. In the center of the crescent is a separated hanging crescent. Along the bottom edge are four small ball pendants and one larger dangling pendant. The large pendant is made of a cone with a ball in it and a smaller ball hanging from the very end.