Tupu

NamePin

Artist Artist Not Recorded

DateMid-20th century

Place madeCuzco, Peru, South America

MediumSIlver, metal

Dimensions5 1/8 × 8 1/4 × 3/8 in. (13 × 21 × 1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Helen Thompson, A.2016.8.1

Object numberA.2016.8.1

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionThis silver pin has a horizontal bar with indigenous figure weating a headress and holding a staff in left hand. A sun and moon flank him with a peacock to the far right. There are twelve dangles (with four missing) with pendants that include a bird, two disks, a fork and two fish.