This collection item does not have a name in the language of origin. If you know the name or have comments, use this form to contact the data-providing institution.

Jewellery tongs

These tweezers are decorated with 3 rows of silver wire spirals that are soldered soldered on the inside. Such objects were found by Uhle in the Late Ica I and II phases (Root). A similarly decorated pair of gold tweezers from the Gretzer Collection in the Ethnological Museum Berlin (inv. no. V A 31786) was assigned to the Ica culture (Schuler-Schöming). (Schuler-Schöming). However, there are similar tweezers from the Chimú-Inca culture (1300-1500) (Carcedo de Mufarech).

This content was machine-translated
Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ica-Chincha (fraglich)
Object type
archaeological objects
Dimensions
13 x 84 x 27 mm
Material/Technique
Metal
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 32357
Other number(s)
RJM 1914/17 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

This content was machine-translated
Version: 2.6 / 7.5