DepartmentLatin America
Tupu, three pins joined with chains and scapular ornament
NamePin, shawl
Artist
Artist unrecorded
DateLate 19th century
Place madeLake Titicaca Region, Bolivia, South America
MediumMetal (silver alloy), glass beads and "stones"
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Florence Dibell Bartlett, A.1955.86.371
Object numberA.1955.86.371
DescriptionRepousse double-eagle, suspended on three chains from three pins. A round, repousse, central pin set with a blue glass "stone" with 4 beads at top edge and a small goblet at tip (proper right side). Outside pins set with red stones with white center dots. 3 coins linked into chains. Formed of two tupus and central ttipqui.
19th Century
Artist unrecorded
ca. 1920s
Late 18th - early 19th century
Artist unrecorded
