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Net ornament?
Object Number 41-52-30/3079
Display Title Net ornament?
Descriptions
Object Description Forked stick with each fork split, bent into circle, held with wrapping of cotton yarn. Cotton yarn (z-2s) looped around inner half of split twigs and knotted in predominately square mesh 93 mm./side) filling each circle with a taut net (like a snow shoe). Stick is broken off just below circles. Use unknown.
Inventory Description Organic, wood, worked, two bent wood ovals, forked, wrapped with fiber net
Classification
  • Worked Wood
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms South coast
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 7 x 6.5 cm (2 3/4 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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