Antique Mapuche Llol-Llol Broach

$ 485.00

Antique Mapuche Broach Ornament
Traditional Mapuche Woman's Llol-Llol Broach Ornament, worn attached to a necklace or pinned to a jacket/shawl.
The chime/bell shape, resembling the indigenous Angel's Trumpet flower, not only invokes associations with feminine beauty and fertility, but also serves to ward off attack by pillanes, sometimes mischievous spirits, and more importantly, wekufes, or malicious demons and spirits.
60% Silver by acid assay
Approx. 13" long.
Origin is Mapuche people of Southern Chile, ca. 1920.