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These sterling silver earrings combine two Mexican icons. The face is La Catrina, the skeletal figure made famous by Jose Guadalupe Posada. The flowered headdress and oversized turquoise earrings pay homage to Frida Kahlo, who brought respect to such indigenous women's accessories. This delightful design is crafted by Oscar Figueroa Escorcia in the famous silver town of Taxco.

The wise stare of the forest's sage sends you a message of spirituality and mysticism through these sterling silver button earrings by Ego Agusnata of Bali. The artisan creates these enigmatic accessories from sterling silver, enriching the pieces with an oxidized finish. Made with meticulous precision, the piece's skull and owl motifs represent wisdom and eternal life.

The perfect accessory for Day of the Dead or anytime at all, these marble skull earrings are painted lovingly by hand. Josefina and Cecilia in Mexico craft the earrings, adding 14k gold plated brass posts and beads.

The Aztec god of death, Miquiztli, is captured in frightening beauty in this pair of button earrings from Mexico. The dedicated Mexican artisan Rosa Rojo crafts the earrings of sterling silver, revealing half of Miquiztli's skull in each earring.

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.