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Miniature balance?
Object Number 46-77-30/5855
Display Title Miniature balance?
Descriptions
Object Description Balance with small stone weights - cord attached to piece of wood: Miniature(?) balance; piece of cane with vegetal fiber nets attached at each end. Nets enclose a few small stones.
Inventory Description Organic, wooden tool, balance, twisted fiber, stone weights
Classification
  • Tool
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late horizon
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / La Libertad Region / <County> / <City> / Sausal
Materials Wood, Fiber, Stone
Dimensions Overall: 8 x 1.5 cm (3 1/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/5855

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