CJD M-024: Tool ("needle"), metal

Primary Title:
CJD M-024: Tool ("needle"), metal
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
"Aguja" de metal
Keyword Type: Object Class
tool
Identifier: Object Number
CJD M-24
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
CJD-M-024
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; MCI PNA Gold
Note: Object Description
STRI Excel: "Aguja" de metal Catálogo de INAC: 880 Tool-like object with domed end, possibly for embossing four sided shaft with worked and tapered end, slightly rounded Weight: 6.8 g Length: square cross-section at larger end 4.15mm x 4.15mm, closer to tip narrows to 2.75mm (square cross section), tapers to 1.5mm Diam: found in (Precolumbian) rubbish dump with bone, shell, etc. in area with ephemeral late occupation above this context. could be late 16th c.
Note: Research Notes
MCI 5/06 M1 (ICP,EDS)
Note: Condition Review
Thick nubbly porous brown surface that looks iron-rich. Not powdery, looks accreted.
Note: Housing Notes
Rebagged in polyethylene ziplock bag with Tyvek tag insert. The object was stabilized inside the bag in a purpose-built ethafoam cavity-mount.
Note: Analysis Recommendations
do an x-ray? or better, metallography to find out hammering direction
Time Period: Condition Review Date
7/25/2007
Time Period: Conservation Date
7/25/2007
Time Period: Examination Date
7/25/2007
Time Period: Conservation Record Creation Date
7/14/2007
Time Period: Conservation Record Last Modification Date
7/26/2007
Place: Object Origin
Geographic Zone: Country: Panamá Province: Los Santos Site: Cerro Juan Díaz Place Time Period: Site Period
Place: Curation Location
Local place: STRI-Ancón
Actor: Object Owner
INAC
Actor: Examination Operator
E Howe
Actor: Condition Review Operator
E Howe
Actor: Conservation Operator
C Pohl and T Hornung
Technique: Fabrication Method
rod/stock Note: Iron-like surface consistently overall, but no magnetism. In possible sampled area, brown, green smooth, then red layer, and then copper - indications are copper. Forged and corrosion is burnished at the slender end. Thick end should be flatter (mushroomed) if used as a tool to be hammered. Could be broken, but rounded a little bit. End looks file tapered or hammer tapered (no surface marks visible) - shaped on two opposite to create a wedge, and then rounded slightly (on other 2 sides, not shaped so much).
Treatment: Conservation Performed
Surface cleaned/degreased with acetone on cotton swab, avoiding resin patch with acc.#
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CJD M-24 overall
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CJD M-24 overall
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CJD M-24 overall
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CJD M-24 overall
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CJD M-24 overall
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CJD M-24 overall
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CJD M-24 overall
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CJD M-24 overall
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CJD M-24 overall (for 2006 analysis)
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CJD M-24 overall - with XRF (2007) analysis spot #1 indicated
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E Howe
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Analysis Results (CJD M-24)
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7/25/2007
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Done
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As Needed
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Analysis: do an x-ray? or better, metallography to find out hammering direction
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Unknown
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Mailing
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Mailing
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FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
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1999
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None
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