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DepartmentLatin America

NamePin

Maker Salvador Teran

Maker Sigi Pineda

Date1960s - 1970s

Place madeTaxco, Guerrero, Mexico, North America

MediumWood (ebony), metal (silver)

Dimensions9/16 × 3 1/8 × 3/8 in. (1.5 × 8 × 1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Patricia M. Newman in honor of Janice Cosgrove Day, A.2010.84.35

Object numberA.2010.84.35

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionLong rectangular pin of dark ebony wood with abstract, hook shaped flat piece of silver with several round holes of various sizes mounted on it.

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