Tupu (pin) A.D. 1400-1533 () Inca () This object is a tupu, a Quechua term for pin (“pithu” in Aymara and “alfiler” in Spanish).[1 Women in the Andes have used these pins to fasten textile garments, such as the acsu or lliclla (for more information on the use of tupus, please see Metropolitan Museum of Art 64.228.702). Tupus have a basic form that consists of a head and a stem, but there is wide variation in their design. In this case, the head is comprised of a rounded triangular shape from which emerge two spirals at top. Some investigators (e.g., Gibaja et al. 2014) have identified these motifs as floral. Others associate this form of tupu with butterflies, especially nocturnal butterflies (“thaparanku” in Quechua) (Fernández 2015, 35; Vargas-Musquipa 1995). In particular, the spirals are indexical of antennae. Here, the tupu’s head is symmetric in design and shows a circular perforation near where it meets the stem, which is thick and pointed. Indeed, the thickness of the stem s

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Tupu (pin) A.D. 1400-1533 () Inca () This object is a tupu, a Quechua term for pin (“pithu” in Aymara and “alfiler” in Spanish).[1 Women in the Andes have used these pins to fasten textile garments, such as the acsu or lliclla (for more information on the use of tupus, please see Metropolitan Museum of Art 64.228.702). Tupus have a basic form that consists of a head and a stem, but there is wide variation in their design. In this case, the head is comprised of a rounded triangular shape from which emerge two spirals at top. Some investigators (e.g., Gibaja et al. 2014) have identified these motifs as floral. Others associate this form of tupu with butterflies, especially nocturnal butterflies (“thaparanku” in Quechua) (Fernández 2015, 35; Vargas-Musquipa 1995). In particular, the spirals are indexical of antennae. Here, the tupu’s head is symmetric in design and shows a circular perforation near where it meets the stem, which is thick and pointed. Indeed, the thickness of the stem s

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