DepartmentLatin America
Dance costume ornament
NameOrnament
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Date1950s
Place collectedLa Paz, Bolivia, South America
MediumBase metal, silver, glass
Dimensions4 1/8 × 4 1/8 × 9/16 in. (10.5 × 10.5 × 1.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Linda Alexander, A.2020.25.13
Object numberA.2020.25.13
ProvenancePurchased by donor in La Paz, 1988
DescriptionThis ornament consists of a convex silver disk with planished floral petal details and gem cut glass. There are 22 exterior petals, 11 interior petals, and three gem cut glass pieces. The glass pieces are pieces set in wide toothed fasteners, misaligned, with the larger green gem at the center and the two smaller red on either side, with the red pieces slightly above and to either side of the green. There are two punched holes that are off center above and blow to the center green piece. Details are roughly incised and stippled throughout.
