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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