Pair of Ear Spools

Maya (Mexico, Guatemala, or Honduras)

250–900 CE

Medium

Serpentine

Classification

Costume and Accessories

Dimensions

3 × 4.5 cm (1 3/16 × 1 3/4 in.)

Culture

Honduras

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of the Americas

Credit line

Gift of Sylvia Coppersmith in memory of Leila Rosen

Rights

Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.

Who can see it

Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the Art Institute of Chicago

• Textiles and dress
• Fashion and dress
• 3rd century
• Mexico
• Yellow