EditorialBalance used to weigh coca leaves and gold, elements highly appreciated and used in trade and for taxation purposes. Bone, vegetable fibre, shells, turquoise and silver. Inca culture (1400-1533 AD). Peru. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain.
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EditorialPanel (From a Skirt). France. Date: 1801-1850. Dimensions: 117.4 ? 214.4 cm (46 1/4 ? 84 1/2 in.). Silk, satin weave; embroidered with gold metal wrapped over a silk fibre core, gold fris?, silk, gold metal formed ornaments, "purl," spangles, gold meta...
EditorialChalice Cover or Portion of a Burse. Italy or Spain. Date: 1675-1725. Dimensions: 24.5 x 23.7 cm (9 5/8 x 9 3/8 in.). Silk, plain weave; embroidered in silk floss and gilt strips wound around a silk fibre core in satin stitches, French knots; attached ...