Link and disc necklace

NameNecklace

Maker Marco Remigio Paillamilla Ortiz (Chilean)

CultureMapuche

Date2016

Place madeTemuco, Cautín, Chile, South America

MediumMetal (950 silver)

Dimensions20 1/16 × 1 15/16 in. (51 × 5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, museum purchase with funds from the JoAnn and Bob Balzer Folk Art Market Purchase Prize, 2016, A.2016.95.3

Object numberA.2016.95.3

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionSilver necklace made of large, decorative links. Each large link has six places where a smaller link connects it to the next link. From each link hangs a disc with a cruciform shape stamped on its face with a raised point in the center.