1950's William Spratling Necklace Modernistic Mexican Silver. 16", the chain by itself is 12". Pendant part is 4" wide 1 3/16" wide at widest section. No detectable issues, guaranteed authentic.

Spratling, an architect and artist who taught at Tulane University in New Orleans, came to Mexico in the late 1920s and settled in the city of Taxco. Having developed an interest in Mesoamerican archaeology and culture from his colleagues at Tulane, he traveled to Mexico for several summers lecturing and exploring. He sought out remote villages in the state of Guerrero, 110 miles from Mexico City, where in some places Nahuatl, the Aztec language, was spoken. Spratling collected artifacts and contemporary indigenous crafts.