Rosary Pendant Shaped Like a Skull
- Title
- Rosary Pendant Shaped Like a Skull
- Rights
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Public Domain.
- Date
- 16th century
- Description
- A combination of metalwork and carving. The metal part is silver, shaping a crown that sits on top of the skeleton's head and the perpendicular bones as well as the cross that the skull sits above. The cross appears to have dark crystals embedded into it, with the exception of a white one that rests in the middle and the very bottom. The skeleton is made out of some type of white, transparent crystal.
- Format
- Metalwork and carving. Silver glit, rock crystal. Height: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
- Publisher
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Contributor
- Akira Castillo
- Identifier
- 17.190.323
- Subject
- Dia; De; Los; Muertos; Day; of; the; Dead; Skull; Calavera; Death; Rosary; Religion; Catholic; Cross; Metalwork; Crystal; Mexico.
- Source
- Jpeg file. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Digital Collection. Accessed October 20th, 2023.
- https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/193472
- Item sets
- Calaveras of Dia De Los Muertos-Akira C.
- Site pages
- Artwork Variations
