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| Type of Object: | Personal Ornament |
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| Material: | Metal |
| Measurements: | Most are up to 50 cm. in length, with heads that are up to 10 cm. in diameter. The small pins are about 5 cm. in length. |
| Date or Period: | Pre-Columbian |
| Maker: | Pre-Columbian |
| Designated List Category: | IIG Metal Pins |
| Date of Import Restriction: | 06/11/1997 |
| Photograph: | National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru |
| Copyright : | National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru |
| Description of Designated List Category Subject to Import Restrictions: | |
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| With a straight shaft and pointed end, pins can be flat or cylindrical in cross-section. Most are hammered, and some are hollow. They can be of gold, silver, copper, bronze, gold-plated silver or may be made of two metals. Some pins are in the shape of an animal; others have floral images, and still others depict fish. Some have a round head; others are flat, circular head; still others have the shape of a half-moon. There are hollow-headed rattle pins; others have solid human images. | |
| Keywords: | |
| animal, fish, flowers, gold, jewelry, Pre-Columbian Metals, silver, |
