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Object Number
42-12-30/3179
Display Title
String of beads and metal tweezers
Descriptions
Object Description
String of silver beads and axe-shaped silvery metal tweezers. Zig zag incised design. Two silvery metal oblatey spheroidal beads approx 17 mm in diameter, two biconical silvery metal beads approximately 10 mm in diameter, about 115 barrel shaped metal beads 3 mm in diameter, 40 cylindrical metal beads approx 2 mm in diameter, 4 red shell beads approx 3 mm in diameter, 2 white shell beads about 3 mm in diameter. Measurements in full record are for tweezers.
Inventory Description
Silver tweezers, (geo. deco.) w/ metal, stone, and shell beads, various shapes.
Classification
- Raw Material
- Personal
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Chimú
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Lima Region
/
Barranca Province
/
Fortaleza
/
Paramonga
Materials
Silver?
Dimensions
Overall: 58 x 3.7 cm (22 13/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
42-12-30/3179
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop
(1941-1942)
Donor
Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer
(1942)
Donor
Mr. Donald C. Scott
(1942)
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