MARTA Ao-1-0069: Nose ornament

Primary Title:
MARTA Ao-1-0069: Nose ornament
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Nariguera
Keyword Type: Object Class
ornament
Keyword Type: Object Sub-class
nose
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Wild microscope
Identifier: Object Number
MARTA Ao-1-0069
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
Ao-1-0069
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; MCI PNA Gold
Note: Object Description
number on object 0069. MARTA Excel: Nariguera de Playa Venado. INAC: nariguera con disenos en espiral, elaborada con la falsa filigrana. Grupo Trabajo Abierto 400-700 d.c. Tumbaga cera perdida. Estado malo. La pieza se encuentra fragmentada en dos partes amarradas por una cuerda de naylon.
Note: Condition Review
There is one whole bead and one partial bead missing from the row of 8 beads at the top. Three of the beads on the base are complete, five are heavily corroded with areas of loss and 6 are missing. When the piece is oriented as though worn, the far right corner closest to the face is missing. A portion of the front of the piece is covered in a clear, resin-like coating that substantially obscures a fracture in the same area. Object was previously joined w/ Paraloid B-72.
Note: Housing Notes
Rebagged in polyethylene ziplock bag with Tyvek tag insert.
Time Period: Condition Review Date
7/20/2007
Time Period: Conservation Date
20 July 2007
Time Period: Examination Date
7/20/2007
Time Period: Conservation Record Creation Date
11 July 2007
Time Period: Conservation Record Last Modification Date
4 August 2007
Place: Object Origin
Geographic Zone: Country: Province: Site: Playa Venado Place Time Period: Site Period
Place: Curation Location
Local place: MARTA
Actor: Object Owner
MARTA
Actor: Examination Operator
K Cobb with HFB, CMP, TLH
Actor: Condition Review Operator
K Cobb
Actor: Conservation Operator
T Hornung
Condition: Usewear Toolmarks
Note: No distinctive tool marks visible
Technique: Fabrication Method
cast Note: The object is made from a series of 1 mm wide wax wires, that have been formed between 2 circular C-shaped frames at top and bottom. Both top and bottom edges have been decorated with 8 beaded pieces of wax at the top and 14 pieces of wax at the bottom, all evenly spaced. The body of the nose ring has an open-wire construction composed of linear elements of principally 3 bands of wax wire joined together to form a broad rickrack pattern that extends to either beaded edge. The triple banded wire elements are intersperced with coiled round wire elements.
Technique: Joinery
Note: Joins completed within the wax
Treatment: Conservation Performed
Note: 2007: Surface cleaned/degreased with acetone on cotton swab. Previous treatment info: unida con Paraloid B-72. Lavado Canasol 24 Nov 1995
Measurements:
Measurement Note: Weight = 5.2 g. H=14 mm; 27 mm at largest diameter and 16 mm at smallest diameter, then compressing to 12 mm at the central taper.
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si_568e85143b2b7CSV iconAnalysis Results (MARTA Ao-1-0069)Download