ABSTRACT
This chapter begins with comparative material; it became evident that the two pairs of earrings whose design is composed of geometric elements apparently in arbitrary combination provided an unexpected link between Colima and the accoutrements of certain gods of central Mexico. Important silver deposits were situated in the vicinity of Tecalitlan, likewise in modern Jalisco, not far from the boundary with the present state of Colima. Colima gold artifacts are primarily simple bosses, generally with narrow raised rim, but otherwise undecorated. Most gold and silver specimens with known provenience are from a single cemetery just west of the Rio de Colima, at the site of El Chanal. One private collection has a pair of silver earrings of fire-serpent design, identical in form with those of gold. The lower part of the silver ornament consists of a series of narrow strips or blades of silver, perhaps intended to represent feathers.
