Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected or acquired by German singer and vocal instructor Lissy Sanden (1891-1983) when she lived in Bolivia in the 1940s and 1950; donated to MAI by Lissy Sanden in 1964.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Aymara (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Lissy Sanden, Non-Indian, 1891-1983
- Donor
- Lissy Sanden, Non-Indian, 1891-1983
- Object Name
- Shawl pin
- Media/Materials
- Silver, gold, glass
- Techniques
- Cast, gilded
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
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