Pin
MOA: University of British Columbia
2990/804
Long shawl pin with rounded body, flat oval head at top and acute point in the opposite side. Made of silver and used to pin different garments together or to help in the funerary preparations. Hammered technique. Slightly broken.
- Type of Item pin
- Culture Inca
- Material silver metal
- Measurements height 0.5 cm, width 39.6 cm, depth 4.9 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
- Received from Erika H. Sawyer
- Made in Chincha
- Creation Date between 1476 and 1534
- Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
- Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
- Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013
- Item Classes metalwork
- Condition good
- Accession Number 2990/0804