Balance 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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