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1887.1.598.5

Stone sinker

1887.1.598.5

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone sinker
Long description
Stone sinker with tapering ends and transverse grooves at either end. [MJD 29/04/2009]
Geographical reference
Chile
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Chile
Arica y Parinacota Region Arica Province Arica unnamed grave site
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Inka Inca
Date collected
?by 1884
Acquisition information
Transferred: 1886
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Ground, Process Grooved
Dimensions
Width: max 19 mm, Length: max 80 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1887.1.598.5
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, Sinker, Grave Good, Fishing Accessory

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