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Object Number
12-63-30/87759
Display Title
Copper cylinders
Descriptions
Object Description
Copper cylinders: Rectangular pieces of thin sheet metal (copper) rolled into tubular sections. Adjoining edges pierced with five equally spaced sets of opposing holes. Green corrosion product.
Inventory Description
Copper cylinders, formed from sheet, perforations along seam length.
Classification
- Miscellaneous
- Raw Material
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
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Peru
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Lambayeque Region
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Burial
Additional Geographic Terms
North Coast: Sana Valley, south side of; 7 degrees south, 81 50 degrees west
Materials
Copper
Dimensions
Overall: 13.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm (5 5/16 x 1 3/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity
4
Label on object
87759
Provenance
Collector
R. Palma
(1912)
Donor
Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund
(1912 - 1912)
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