silver long earrings

Sleeping peacefully, two bats dangle in this pair of earrings from Bali. Dewa Arimbawa designs these earrings, featuring a striking contrast between the realism of the bats and the fantasy of the flowing vine patterns.

The artistry evoked by Day of the Dead remains all year long, inspiring Roy Nilson to design these endearing skeletons. He is dressed in traditional bullfighter attire, she in a flirty flamenco skirt. They dance and charm in a pair of silver earrings.

.925 Sterling silver

Part of NOVICA's Dia de los Muertos collection.

Decorated with hearts and flowers, festive black skulls celebrate Mexico's Day of the Dead. Artisans from the Huichol Center for Cultural Survival and Traditional Arts demonstrate their skill with traditional beadwork. Crafted by hand, the three-inch long earrings dance on sterling silver hooks.

These intriguing dangle earrings are the original design of Balinese artisan Made Wardika. Carefully carved from smooth white bone, skulls suspend sterling silver feathers and sleek lengths of chain. Topping the skulls are faceted round garnets. The earrings swing from sterling silver hooks.

The mariachi, a distinctive musical style, is a musical group comprised of singers dressed as the traditional charro, or elegant gentleman cowboy from Jalisco. Women mariachis, however, do not dress as escaramuzas, the feminine counterpart of the charro, but adapt the men's dress. The narrow pants with their ornate silver buttons become a long skirt. The short jacket, white shirt and tie remain the same as does the fancy sombrero, and she traditionally wears silver earrings with her hair pulled back into braids or a ponytail. Working in ceramic, Luis Morales depicts a catrina as a mariachi.

The word catrina is widely used in Mexico to mean "elegant and polished." Lithographer Jose Guadalupe Posadas created the skeletal Catrina, who was later immortalized in the murals of Diego Rivera.