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1985.52.2271

Amulet, copper alloy metal clothes pin with a monkey and a llama at the top, known locally as a 'topos', with a perforation in the monkey's tail. [RB 18/07/2012]

1985.52.2271

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Collection type
Object
Description
Amulet, copper alloy metal clothes pin with a monkey and a llama at the top, known locally as a 'topos', with a perforation in the monkey's tail. [RB 18/07/2012]
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1931
Date collected
By 1931
Acquisition information
Transferred: 1985
Materials and processes
Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Brass Metal, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Length x Width: max 109 x 20 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1985.52.2271 Other numbers: 4550 R 1900/ 1937
Associated publications
Illustrated in colour in the pamphlet accompanying the Reading Room displays at the Welcome Collection with the caption “Clothes pin with monkey and llama Copper alloy Bolivia RRa0263/1985.52.2271 Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford.” [FB 15/8/2016]

Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Textile, Clothing Textile, Figure, Amulet, Pin, Clothes Fastener, Animal Figure

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