Balance-Beam Scale with Incised Circles in Diamond Pattern

Provenance

Eduard Gaffron (1861–1931), Lima, Peru, from 1892 to 1912, then Berlin, from 1912 [History of the Department report (Joanne Behrens, 1985) and correspondence in curatorial file]; by descent to his children Mercedes Gaffron (1908–1993), Berlin then Durham, NC, and Hans Gaffron (1902–1979), Berlin then Chicago [correspondence and documentation of the Gaffron Collection in curatorial file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1955.

Balance-Beam Scale with Incised Circles in Diamond Pattern

Nasca

500–800

Accession Number

126432

Medium

Bone with pigment

Dimensions

13.2 × 1.2 cm (5 3/16 × 7/16 in.)

Classification

bone

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Buckingham Fund