DepartmentLatin America

Trapelakucha

NamePendant

CultureMapuche

Dateca. 1880

Place madeCautin, Chile, South America

MediumSilver

Dimensions11 13/16 × 2 3/8 × 1/8 in. (30 × 6 × 0.25 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Helen Thompson, A.2016.8.12

Object numberA.2016.8.12

DescriptionThe pendant, worn as pectoral adornment, has a chain of flattened brackets that link open rectangular pieces from which a cruciform pendants hangs. There are a series of disks suspended from the arms of the cross by rings. The top of the chain has a shell termination with a perforation for hanging.