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Object Number 42-28-30/4671
Display Title Small silver tweezers
Descriptions
Object Description 2 Small silver tweezers - flaring ends. Pie shaped. Fashioned from thin sheet. Dark/tight corrosion product.
Inventory Description Copper, ornament, triangular, perforated hinged end.
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Inca?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Dimensions Overall: 0.3 x 1.9 cm (1/8 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 42-28-30/4671
Provenance
Collector Antonio Orlandini
Donor Hon. Robert Woods Bliss (1941-1942 - 8/4/1942)

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