DepartmentLatin America
Earrings, crescent filigree
NameEarrings
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
DateMid-20th Century
Place madeChordeleg, Azuay, Ecuador, South America
MediumSilver
Dimensions4 1/8 × 1 15/16 × 13/16 in. (10.5 × 5 × 2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Helen Thompson, A.2016.8.11ab
Object numberA.2016.8.11ab
DescriptionThe crescent-shaped silver earrings are filligreed with a trebol design at the top and with two nested crescents hanging below a central pendant. There are loops where a chain would have been attached but is now missing.
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1900
Artist Not Recorded
Early 20th century
