Tweezers (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 100–1550 (Early Intermediate to Late Horizon period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Central Andes (archaeological) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: José A. Gayoso (José Galloso), Non-Indian, 1898-1970
label: Seller
content: José A. Gayoso (José Galloso), Non-Indian, 1898-1970
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of José A. Gayoso (1898-1970, a landowner in Chongoyape, Peru, who sidelined in excavating and selling antiquities); purchased by MAI from José Gayoso in 1930.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Jayanca; Lambayeque Province; Lambayeque Region; Peru
setName: label: See related items
content: Central Andes (archaeological)
label: See related items
content: Personal items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 17/8596
label: Barcode
content: 178596.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Personal items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Tweezers (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Silver
label: Techniques
content: Hammered, perforated