Trapelacucha de plata (c.1870), from the Pedro Doyharcabal Collection of the Museum of American Folk Art of the University of Chile.
A trapelacucha (of the mapudungun trapelakucha, "needle prendedora") is a pectoral adornment traditionally used by Mapuches women, made in silver by indigenous orbebres.
It is composed of a series of silver plates joined by links of the same metal and topped at the bottom by a cross that can carry other hanging pieces, be they coins, smaller crosses, or other figures. Scheme of the trapelacucha called prenteor in Mapuche language.
In the Spanish language, two other jewels are also designated by this name, which in Mapudungun are called sikill and prenteor (& lt; esp. & quot; fastener & quot;). The first is formed by series of plates and links that end in a pendant in the shape of a cross. The second is one of the best-known Mapuches pectoralis, and consists of a main body representing a two-headed eagle, three series of links and a semi-triangular lower body with small hanging motifs, which may be circles, crosses, human figures or others. ks
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