Siquel

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Siquel

Heavy silver jewellery "Siquel" made from two cast silver plates connected by three link chains. The bird figures on the upper plate, to which cross pendants are attached, and the decorative lines are chiselled and punched. The trapezoidal lower plate is decorated with ornamental lines and a flower motif; 10 round, unadorned silver plates hang from eyelets. Index card: Heavy breast jewellery -siquel- made of silver. Main catalogue: Heavy breast jewellery (pectoral): 2 silver plates, three slide chains, cross pendant, undecorated silver discs.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Mapuche
Object type
Silver breast jewellery
Dimensions
Height: 26,5 cm
Depth: 1,3 cm
Width: 10,8 cm
Weight: 2 kg
Material/Technique
silver
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V C 12514

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Chile
    who
    Mapuche
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Ethnology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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