Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Prim Media Primary media for this item. 131 DescriptionEN English Description Artefacto de metal con características antropomorfas, hecha en bronce. De la cabeza sobresale un semicírculo con una perforación. La figura se trabajó en volumen sólo por el anverso, el reverso permanece totalmente plano. Presenta un cinturón hecho con círculos. Los Ngenpines, Machis y Caciques, los usaban como un elemento protector representante de un Ngen: si es la imagen de un hombre con los brazos abajo simboliza poder, por el contrario, si es una mujer de brazos abajo es de malas energía. Se dejaba bajo la almohada o se llevaba en la mano como una herramienta de poder. Normalmente era de bronce. Metal artifact with anthropomorphic characteristics, made of bronze. A semicircle with a perforation protrudes from the head. The figure was worked in volume only by the obverse, the reverse remains totally flat. It features a belt made with circles. The Ngenpines, Machis and Caciques, used them as a representative protective element of a Ngen: if it is the image of a man with his arms down, it symbolizes power, on the contrary, if he is a woman with his arms down, it is of bad energy. It was left under the pillow or carried in the hand as a power tool. Usually it was bronze. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource Artefacto de metal con características antropomorfas, hecha en bronce. De la cabeza sobresale un semicírculo con una perforación. La figura se trabajó en volumen sólo por el anverso, el reverso permanece totalmente plano. Presenta un cinturón hecho con círculos. Los Ngenpines, Machis y Caciques, los usaban como un elemento protector representante de un Ngen: si es la imagen de un hombre con los brazos abajo simboliza poder, por el contrario, si es una mujer de brazos abajo es de malas energía. Se dejaba bajo la almohada o se llevaba en la mano como una herramienta de poder. Normalmente era de bronce. Metal artifact with anthropomorphic characteristics, made of bronze. A semicircle with a perforation protrudes from the head. The figure was worked in volume only by the obverse, the reverse remains totally flat. It features a belt made with circles. The Ngenpines, Machis and Caciques, used them as a representative protective element of a Ngen: if it is the image of a man with his arms down, it symbolizes power, on the contrary, if he is a woman with his arms down, it is of bad energy. It was left under the pillow or carried in the hand as a power tool. Usually it was bronze. Title A name given to the resource Objeto antropomorfo - Bronze Anthropomorphic Object Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mapuche Language A language of the resource Español Extent The size or duration of the resource. 20cm x 9.7cm x 1.9cm Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Siglo XIX-XX Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 5939 Type The nature or genre of the resource Physical Object Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,-39.81321899201167,-73.25082375886078; Subject The topic of the resource CULTURAL HERITAGE Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT