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Robe pins, "tupus", decorated with two silver llama heads

These robe pins were used to fasten the cloaks, the "llikllas" that are still worn today. These were made in pre-Columbian times from camelid fibres (llama, alpaca).

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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Cultural attribution
Inka-Kultur
Object type
Fibel
Dimensions
Breite: 2 cm, Höhe: 24 cm
Material/Technique
silver
moulded
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
M 32261

Provenance and sources

when
15th - 16th century AD.

where
Peru

when
1986
Provenance
There is no confirmed provenance for this object.

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