Dance costume ornament
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Date1950s
Place collectedLa Paz, Bolivia, South America
MediumBase metal, silver, glass
Dimensions5 11/16 × 5 11/16 × 3/8 in. (14.5 × 14.5 × 1 cm)
Classifications(Classification Not Used)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Linda Alexander, A.2020.25.8
Object numberA.2020.25.8
DescriptionThis ornament consists of a convex silver disk with an overall floral shape. There are 9 petals and 9 points on the exterior, and 9 petals on the interior flower. There are 3 gem cut glass pieces set in wide toothed fasteners, aligned horizontally, with the larger red gem at the center and the two smaller green on either side. There are two small punched holes above and below the center stone lined vertically. There is planishing of the interior metal flower and the points on the exterior of the piece. Details are incised and stippled throughout.
On View
Not on view
c. 1740s - 1750s
