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Object Number 12-63-30/87727
Display Title Package of wood and metal pins
Descriptions
Object Description Package of wood and metal pins bound with fragment of finely woven cloth. Four metal (copper) pins pointed at one end. Suggestion of eye on one only, all heavily corroded green product. Also 13 cactus spines, approx. 100 mm x 2 mm in diameter, pointed both ends.
Inventory Description Copper, 4, and wood pins, 17, plain.
Classification
  • Pin
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lambayeque Region / <County> / <City> / Burial
Additional Geographic Terms North Coast: Sana Valley, north side of; 7 degrees south, 81 50 degrees west
Materials Copper, Plant
Dimensions Overall: 10.1 x 0.3 cm (4 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 21
Label on object 87727
Provenance
Collector R. Palma (1912)
Donor Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund (1912 - 1912)

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