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1887.1.598.1

Copper sinker with perforation; tied to a hank of fishing line.

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1887.1.598.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Copper sinker with perforation; tied to a hank of fishing line.
Long description
Perforated bronze sinker obtained from a grave. Tied to a hank of modern cotton fishing line.
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Inka Inca
Date collected
?by 1884
Acquisition information
Transferred: 1886
Materials and processes
Material Bronze Metal, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material String, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Length: max 30 mm sinker, Length: max 100 mm hank
Object numbers
Accession number: 1887.1.598.1
Research and responses

Arica is in northern Chile's Arica and Parinacota Region, located only 18 km (11 mi) south of the border with Peru. It was originally a part of Peru but it was lost after a plebiscite arranged in the Treaty of Ancon in 1883 as part of the results of the war of the Pacific. It is therefore to be considered part of Chile not Peru. [AS 14/12/2010]

Search terms: Fishing, Death, Religion, Line, Grave Good, Sinker, Fishing Accessory

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