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Balance-Beam Scale with Row of Cut-Out Figures and Incised Circles

A work made of bone with pigment.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of bone with pigment.

Date:

500–800

Artist:

Possibly Nazca
South coast, Peru

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Americas

Culture

Nasca

Title

Balance-Beam Scale with Row of Cut-Out Figures and Incised Circles

Place

Peru (Object made in)

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500 CE–800 CE

Medium

Bone with pigment

Inscriptions

marked Ica, marked Nazca,

Dimensions

14 × 2.1 cm (5 1/2 × 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Buckingham Fund

Reference Number

1955.2579b

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