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
Keywords: Araucanía / Mapuche Culture / Ponshon / Silversmith / Mapuche woman