Fragment: Pin Item Number: 3263/77 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Plain copper pin. Has round, flattened head and tapering shaft. Small hole drilled just above the shaft.
Pin for a woman's shawl. Hole on pin was likely used for attaching adornments.
Collected in Peru before the 1970s by Ina VanStan, a Professor of Textiles and Clothing at the Florida State College for Women (Florida State University) from the 1940s to c. 1966. VanStan later gifted her collection to the donor. A large amount of the donation was used for teaching at the University of Alberta while others were mainly small study fragments.