DepartmentLatin America

Dance costume ornament

NameOrnament

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Date1950s

Place collectedLa Paz, Bolivia, South America

MediumBase metal, silver, glass

Dimensions5 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 5/16 in. (14 × 14 × 0.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Linda Alexander, A.2020.25.6

Object numberA.2020.25.6

ProvenancePurchased by donor in La Paz, 1988

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 2 gem cut glass pieces the center blue and the outer green, with one facet space that is missing its gem. There are two small punched holes to the side of the center stone lined horizontally. There is planishing of the interior metal flower and the points on the exterior of the piece. Details are incised and stippled throughout.