Trapelacucha

NamePectoral, pendant

CultureMapuche

Date19th century

Place madeChile, South America

MediumSilver

Dimensions8 1/4 × 2 5/16 in. (21 × 5.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, bequest of the Estate of Edith Page Skewes-Cox Estate, A.1974.19.1

Object numberA.1974.19.1

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionFour series of hanging plaques interconnected by pairs of links ending in a "Mapuche cross" (also called "cruz de América" with no connection to the Christian cross). The cross has the shape of crossed bones. From each of the horizontal bars of the cross hang abstract male figures; from the lower vertical bar hang two similar figures. To the uppermost plaque was added in later times a clip of a different alloy.