Yalalag cross

Some have pendants larger than the cross itself; often the center will feature a winged heart.

[1] Local women wear the crosses on strings of beads and pendants with birds or pomegranates.

They have an undetermined origin; similar crosses are worn in Spain, and the design is thought to have been brought to the area by Dominican missionaries who converted the local native population to Christianity.

Over time the cross lost its Spanish character and became a Mexican object made by the local natives.

[2] The women of Yalalag are known to have worn triple crosses when they encountered Hernando Cortes' soldiers and priests during their ventures in the area.