DepartmentLatin America

Dance costume ornament

NameOrnament

Artist Artist unrecorded

Date1950s

Place collectedLa Paz, Bolivia, South America

MediumBase metal, silver

Dimensions3 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 9/16 in. (9.5 × 9.5 × 1.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Linda Alexander, A.2020.25.14

Object numberA.2020.25.14

ProvenancePurchased by donor in La Paz, 1988

DescriptionThis ornament consists of a convex silver disk with planished sun ray details. There are 7 larger planished rays that reach the exterior of the disk, and 7 smaller between those. At the center of the piece there is a face of the sun, with incised features, and a stamped scalloped edge around the face. There is an incised scalloped edge around the outer edge of the disk, with stippling detail throughout the piece.