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Balance beam

The exact chronological classification and cultural attribution of the beam is not possible due to the imprecise circumstances of its discovery. Such balance beams were used on the the southern coast from the late intermediate period until the Inca period at the latest. at the latest. The Art Institute of Chicago (Ref. No. 1955.2579i) owns a comparable with incised circles in a diamond pattern, which comes from the Eduard Gaffron collection. collection. Beams with incised circles can also be found in the Metropolitan Museum in New York (Acc.No.1994.35.43).

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Cultural attribution
Ica-Chincha (fraglich)
Object type
balances (scales)
Dimensions
4 x 99 x 12 mm
Material/Technique
Bone; unknown material;
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 32318
Other number(s)
RJM 1914/17 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

Production
when
1000-1534
Period/Style
Late horizon, southern coastal style
where
Peru
America -> South America -> Peru -> Coast (south) -> Ica (Region) -> Ica (Province) -> Ica (City)
Assignment to a curated holding:
America
Change of physical control or legal title:
Not clarified
Change of physical control or legal title:
Donation
when
1907
who
Julius van der Zypen (1842 - 1907) - Funders
Change of physical control or legal title:
Purchase
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