Antique Mapuche Krucelis Broach Necklace
- Antique Mapuche Broach Ornament
- Traditional Mapuche Woman’s Krucelis Broach Ornament, featuring an anthropomorphic cross with face and domed belly, flower shapes hanging below.
- The cross shape, incorporating the form of the Catholic symbol, represents the four cardinal directions of the earth and serves as a link to powerful pillanes, ancestor and earth spirits.
- The embossed domes on Mapuche jewelry often symbolizes breasts or a pregnant abdomen, to enhance a wearer’s fertility and femininity.
- The flowers are meant to further emphasize feminine beauty and fecundity by their connection to the earth.
- 60% Silver by acid assay
- Approx. 40″ long with the hand-braided cotton cord, Metal chain measuring 24.5″ long
- Origin is Mapuche people of Southern Chile, ca. 1920.
- Approx. 12 1/2″ long
