Pin (Tupu)

Medium: Silver alloy

Geograhical Locations:

• Peru

Dates:18th century

Dimensions: 8 1/16 x 4 7/8in. (20.5 x 12.4cm)

Collections:

• Arts of the Americas

Exhibitions:

• Converging Cultures: Art & Identity in Spanish America
• Behind Closed Doors: Art in the Spanish American Home, 1492–1898

Accession Number: 41.1275.241

Image: 41.1275.238_41.1275.241_41.1275.242_PS6.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Large, disk-shaped pin with an engraved double-headed eagle of the Habsburg Empire surrounded by floral designs (far right in photo). Used by Andean women to secure their dresses and shawls.

Brooklyn Museum