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RattleSf760

Thin sheet metal in the shape of a bivalve, hinged with a fold. Convex surfaces have many raised bumps. Two small holes for suspension pass through both sides of the hinge. There are 3 stone pellets inside. Very faint textile impressions remain on one side.

Culture
Andes
Material
gold metal ?, stone, silver metal ? and copper metal
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleSf758

Thin sheet metal in the shape of a bivalve, hinged with a fold. Convex surfaces have many raised bumps. Small holes for suspension pass through both sides of the hinge. There is one tiny pellet inside. Clear imprints of two plied cords remain imprinted on the surface.

Culture
Andes
Material
copper metal, stone ?, silver metal ? and gold metal ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleSf755

Thin sheet metal in the shape of a bivalve, hinged with a fold. Convex surfaces have many raised bumps. Small holes for suspension pass through both sides of the hinge. There is one tiny pellet inside and faint impressions of fabric on the surface.

Culture
Andes
Material
gold metal ?, stone ?, silver metal ? and copper metal
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeadsSf654

Assorted stone beads strung on cotton string. The central bead is green and prism-shaped. Translucent yellow and purple oblate beads flank these. 51 smaller black beads complete the strand. There is a total of 88 beads.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre, stone and mineral ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle WhorlSf682

Fouteen spindle whorls threaded on handspun cotton yarn; six are convexly conical, of incised black on orange ceramic; one is flat ceramic disc; four are globular or conical stone (?), these are green (three) and yellow (one). One of the green is half missing and two are decorated with drilled, dotted circles. The yellow is plain. Two whorls are made of yellow shell; one truncated biconical whorl is made of metal and is now covered in green deposit. All whorls have a central hole.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre, metal, shell, stone and clay
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceSf681 a-b

A five strand necklace with two stands now broken. The small disc shaped beads alternate in groups of black stone beads with groups or orange or purple shell beads. The shell beads frequently have two white beads as borders. The beads are threaded on hand spun brown cotton cords. The fastening cords are re-plied and thus larger in scale. Part b is a few beads that have fallen off the broken strands and are now threaded on monofilament.

Culture
Andes
Material
shell, cotton fibre and stone
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PointSf643 a-b

A triangular, pressure flaked point with rounded end (part a), detached from its wooden handle (part b). The blade is a brown, fine grained, volcanic stone. Many turns of cotton cord is wrapped around the base of the blade, obscuring whether or not it is notched, and wraps the fragments of the wooden handle which once straddled the blade. Handle has a bi-conical drill hole near the rounded end. Impressions of cord along the entire length of the handle.

Culture
Andes
Material
obsidian stone, cotton fibre and wood
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaceSf642

Circular stone with a large hole in the middle and six projection points around the circumference. The projections are conical but rounded in contour. The finished brown stone has a yellowish cast. The central hole is convex in shape, flaring out at both openings

Culture
Andes
Material
stone
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleSf754

Thin sheet metal in the shape of a bivalve, hinged with a fold. Convex surfaces have many raised bumps. Small holes for suspension pass through both sides of the hinge. There are 2 or more rattling pellets inside.

Culture
Andes
Material
copper metal, silver metal ?, stone ? and gold metal ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleSf751

Thin sheet metal in the shape of a bivalve, hinged with a fold. Convex surfaces have many raised bumps. Small holes for suspension pass through both sides of the hinge. There are two or more stone pellets inside. There are very faint textile impressions in the green surface deposits on one side.

Culture
Andes
Material
copper metal, gold metal ?, stone and silver metal ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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