Ttipqui pin
1800s
Artist
- unknown artist
Country
Peru
Object
ttipqui, pin
Medium
Silver plated copper
Accession Number
1954.156
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. LeRoy Schwartz
Unknown artist, Ttipqui pin, 1800s. Silver plated copper; 9½ in. Gift of Mrs. LeRoy Schwartz, 1954.156.
Dimensions
height: 9.5 in, 24.1300 cm
Department
Mayer Center, Latin American Art
Collection
Latin American Art
This object is currently on view
Single ttipqui pins were inserted diagonally to fasten mantles or capes at the neck. Sun and moon imagery, which figures prominently in both pre-Hispanic and Christian art, is often seen on pins made during the colonial period.
-- Julie Wilson Frick, 2017
Known Provenance
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Schwartz, Sausalito, CA; gift, Denver Art Museum, 1954.
Exhibition History
- “ReVision: Art in the Americas” — Denver Art Museum, 10/24/2021 – 7/17/2022
