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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 New York Metropolitan Museum (Acc.No.1994.35.43).

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Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt

Cataloguing data

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

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