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Title
Obsidian jewelry : earrings.
Description
Once a thin obsidian blade has been knocked off the core, it can be shaped by pressing off tiny pieces of the volcanic stone. The edges can be dulled by rubbing them with different stones. Holes are drilled for suspension. This pair of earrings was crafted this way.
Subject
[Earrings--Mexico--Colima (State), Jewelry--Mexico--Colima (State), Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Obsidian]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Title
Obsidian jewelry : earrings.
Description
Once a thin obsidian blade has been knocked off the core, it can be shaped by pressing off tiny pieces of the volcanic stone. The edges can be dulled by rubbing them with different stones. Holes are drilled for suspension. This pair of earrings was crafted this way.
Subject
[Earrings--Mexico--Colima (State), Jewelry--Mexico--Colima (State), Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Obsidian]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Title
Obsidian jewelry : earrings.
Description
Once a thin obsidian blade has been knocked off the core, it can be shaped by pressing off tiny pieces of the volcanic stone. The edges can be dulled by rubbing them with different stones. Holes are drilled for suspension. This pair of earrings was crafted this way.
Subject
[Earrings--Mexico--Colima (State), Jewelry--Mexico--Colima (State), Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Obsidian]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Title
Obsidian jewelry : earrings.
Description
Once a thin obsidian blade has been knocked off the core, it can be shaped by pressing off tiny pieces of the volcanic stone. The edges can be dulled by rubbing them with different stones. Holes are drilled for suspension. This pair of earrings was crafted this way.
Subject
[Earrings--Mexico--Colima (State), Jewelry--Mexico--Colima (State), Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Obsidian]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Title
Obsidian jewelry : earrings.
Description
Once a thin obsidian blade has been knocked off the core, it can be shaped by pressing off tiny pieces of the volcanic stone. The edges can be dulled by rubbing them with different stones. Holes are drilled for suspension. This pair of earrings was crafted this way.
Subject
[Earrings--Mexico--Colima (State), Jewelry--Mexico--Colima (State), Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Obsidian]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Title
Obsidian jewelry : earrings.
Description
Once a thin obsidian blade has been knocked off the core, it can be shaped by pressing off tiny pieces of the volcanic stone. The edges can be dulled by rubbing them with different stones. Holes are drilled for suspension. This pair of earrings was crafted this way.
Subject
[Earrings--Mexico--Colima (State), Jewelry--Mexico--Colima (State), Stone carving--Mexico--Colima (State), Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Obsidian]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
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