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Balance-Beam Scale with Incised Circles and Strings Attached by Nasca — VisualArtsDB

Balance-Beam Scale with Incised Circles and Strings Attached

Balance-Beam Scale with Incised Circles and Strings Attached

500–800

Medium: Bone and string
Dimensions: 7.9 × 1 cm (3 1/8 × 3/8 in.) (scale only)
Genre: bone
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasandeanearly intermediate periodbonenazcatoolamerican decorative artsArts of the AmericasPre-Columbiandecorative artsandesart of the americas

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