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.
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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