Chapa
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Date19th century
Place madeCuzco, Peru, South America
MediumMetal (silver)
Dimensions9 × 9 1/2 in. (22.86 × 24.13 cm)
ClassificationsClothing, Fragment
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Gay Sinclair, Collection of Bob Sinclair, A.2012.86.11
Object numberA.2012.86.11
DescriptionTrapezoidal silver plaque with holes around the edges depicts two butting camelids (probably llamas) with saddles within a highly decorative landscape of semicircular scallop-like forms in the corners. Three rows of punched dots flow down from the top center, the two side rows long and flanking large leaf-like forms around the tops of the llamas, the short, center row of dots attaching to the tip of a large lealike form above the llama's heads. Below the llamas is a half-circle with fleur-de-lis like scrolled forms inside, and a scalloped form above it, which fills the space between the animals.On View
Not on view
c. 1960
