Ornamental Breastplate
Unidentified maker, Spanish Colonial Alto Peru (near current-day Potosí, Bolivia), 18th century
probably 18th century
Silver
Overall: 8 7/8 × 11 1/8 × 1/4 in. (22.6 × 28.2 × 0.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Harrington Silver Fund, including gifts from the Estate of John H. Mudie, Class of 1949, in memory of Ernest Martin Hopkins, Class of 1901
2019.36
Geography
Place Made: Bolivia, South America
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Personal Adornment
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Exhibition History
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA. Cambios: The Spirit of Transformation in Spanish Colonial Art. April 10–May 12, 1992.
Publication History
Gabrielle Palmer and Dr. Cristina Esteras Martín in Cambios: The Spirit of Transformation in Spanish Colonial Art. Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, in cooperation with University of New Mexico Press, 1992, 65–66, cat. no. 45.
Provenance
Private Collection; with Marion Hamilton (dealer), Winters, California; sold to present collection, 2019.
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