Large Pin (Tupu)

Medium: Silver

Geograhical Locations:

• Peru

Dates:17th–18th century

Dimensions: 12 1/8 x 6 5/16 in. (30.8 x 16 cm)

Collections:

• Decorative Arts and Design

Exhibitions:

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

Accession Number: 41.1275.238

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Catalogue Description:
Large, disk-shaped pin (tupu) with a repoussé design of a stylized urn with branches of grapes, a common ornamental form derived from vases that flank altars frequently seen in Cusco statue paintings. This tupu, which was meant to be worn upside down, was used by Andean women to secure their dresses and shawls.

Brooklyn Museum