DepartmentLatin America

Bastón de Mando; Staff of Office

NameDance Staff

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1940

Place madeLa Paz, Bolivia, South America

MediumMetal (silver), glass

Dimensions16 15/16 × 17 15/16 × 15/16 in. (43 × 45.5 × 2.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.2.179

Object numberA.1980.2.179

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionCut, stamped, repoussé, of silver with glass gems. Horizontal bar wrapped with stamped metal, silver coins from Peru applied, four flowers with articulated fish pendants attached. Suspended from ends is chain with 3 large articulated fish.