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Pair of Handmade Wire-and-Bead Earrings
Jewelry
Pair of handmade drop earrings constructed from bent and twisted metal wire, each with a shepherd's-hook ear wire and a small flat diamond/leaf-shaped element at the top. Below hang multiple short wire stems strung with small red beads.
2026.11.1
Earrings - Pair
Belonged to Esther María Hernández Arocha
Artisanal/handcrafted costume jewelry made informally in Cuba, where handmade wire-and-bead jewelry was common.
Hernández Arocha Family collection
Esther María Hernández Arocha collection
2026.11
1970s
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
Wire
2
2 earrings (a pair)
Wire
Beads
Metal wire (base metal — possibly copper, brass, or steel); small red beads (glass, plastic, or seed — material to confirm).
Fair
Esther María Hernández Arocha
owner
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
production, acquisition, use