Antique Mexican Sterling Silver Malachite Mosaic Mayan Calendar Dangle Teardrop Earrings - Mayan Calendar Earrings - Sundial Earrings

This listing is for the photographed Antique Mexican Sterling Silver Malachite Mosaic Mayan Calendar Dangle Teardrop Earrings. Beautiful Mexican made sterling silver dangle teardrop earrings depicting the Mayan calendar within a malachite outer base. Inscribed upon the back is "MEX 925". The Mayan calendar is a system of calendars used by the ancient maya civilization, and it consists of two main cycles: the 260-day Sacred Calendar (Tzolk'in) and the 365-day Haab calendar. These calendars were used for religious, agricultural, and divinatory purposes. The Haab calendar, a 365-day solar calendar, was divided into 18 months of 20 days each plus one 5-day month. The Tzolk'in, also known as the Sacred Calendar, is a 260-day cycle used for divinatory purposes, with each day having a unique name and number.

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Antique Mexican Sterling Silver Malachite Mosaic Mayan Calendar Dangle Teardrop Earrings - Mayan Calendar Earrings - Sundial Earrings