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Balance beam
Object Number 46-77-30/6558
Display Title Balance beam
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden balance scale beam with red brown cotton weights: Balance beam and weights; hollow wooden tube, circular cross-section, with four small holes arranged in a square at center. Miniature bola wrapped around tube; hard cores covered with cross-knit loop stitch in bands of red and dark brown camelid, suspended by a cord of bichrome (red, dark brown camelid) yarn. Two grooves near center of beam.
Inventory Description Organic, wood, utensil, hollow, round in section, 2 red and brown weights
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Utensil
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Lima Province / Lima / Vista Alegre
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast; Lima, near
Materials Wood, Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 18 x 8.4 x 1.7 cm (7 1/16 x 3 5/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/6558

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