Woman's Head Ornament (Trarilonco)

Brooklyn Museum

2006.3.3

Woman's silver head ornament or trarilonco. It has twenty flat plate links with twenty-one coin-shaped danglers with incised designs, twenty possibly of cactus plants and one of a sunburst. A silver clasp at one end slips into a hole at the other end. The ornament can also be worn as a necklace. Condition: good; some surface wear from use.

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Nancy B. Komp


  • Type of Item head ornament
  • Culture Mapuche
  • Material silver metal
  • Measurements length 1.75 in, width 20.25 in (overall)



  • Creation Date between 1900 and 1925

  • Location Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
  • Classification Jewelry