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Ponshon

Ponshon

An oblong object used by women to fasten garments. It consists of a sphere made using hammering and then welded to the silver, with a rod attached to one of its sides and a smelted alpaca silver anthropomorphic figure. An alpaca silver needle is welded to the sphere. Metal objects inside the sphere make it sound.

Material or technique: Silver

Collection: Mapuche Silver

Araucanía Regional Museum