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Object Number
44-31-30/4302
Display Title
Balance beam
Descriptions
Object Description
Carved wooded balance beam - with strings: Rectangular wooden balance beam, carved with bird on each side. Net missing. Cords present.
Inventory Description
Organic, wood, tool, balance, rectangular bar, incised, fiber attached at both e
Classification
- Tool
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Late Intermediate period
- Late horizon
- Central Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
Additional Geographic Terms
Central Coast
Materials
Wood, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 10.3 x 1.2 cm (4 1/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
44-31-30/4302
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Raw Material
Utensil |
Nazca Province
| |
| 44-31-30/4303 | Balance beam |
Utilized bone
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/6042.1 | Carved bone balance scale beams |
Bone
|
Peru
| |
| 39-83-30/1859 | Balance |
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Raw Material |
Peru
| |
| 09-1-30/74666 | Balance beam |
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|
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| 46-77-30/6117 | Bone balance scale beam with circle-dot decoration (weighted at one + |
Utilized bone
|
Hacienda San Nicolas
| |
| 46-77-30/6558 | Balance beam |
Raw Material
Utensil |
Vista Alegre
| |
| 46-77-30/6080.1 | Wooden balance scale beams - carved |
Worked Wood
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/6080.2 | Wooden balance scale beams - carved |
Worked Wood
|
Peru
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