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Robe or hair pin, with flat, decorated grip

Garment pins like these were used by women to fasten their capes, lliclas, which they pinned to the top of their clothes. The dress itself consisted of a length of fabric wrapped around the body. The motif of the garment pin is a butterfly, which was probably worshipped for its metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly.

Data Provider
Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Inka-Kultur
Object type
Haarnadel
Dimensions
Length: 18 cm
Width: 4 cm
Material/Technique
silver moulded
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
053302

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Sutorius; 0814
  • Production
    when
    15th - 16th century AD.
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Peru
Provenance
There is no confirmed provenance for this object. Huacho, a town on the north coast of Peru, is indicated as the place of acquisition.

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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