NMAI 131802: Nose Ring

Primary Title:
NMAI 131802: Nose Ring
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Nose Ring
Keyword Type: Object Class
Sheathing
Keyword Type: Object Sub-class
Ring-Nose
Keyword Type: Owner Provenience Record Type
Accession docs/letters
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual Microscopy
Identifier: Object Number
NMAI 131802
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
131802
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Round green stone nose ring with two gold sheathing caps at the ends. The nose ring has two raised rounded bands and is flat on the back. The gold sheathing conforms to this shape.
Note: Owner Accession
Panama; Coclé Province
Note: Research Notes
NMAI archives: Box OC 32, Folder 13 contains Packing list "Catalogue July 1924, Archaeology, Cocle Province, 13/1802, 23, Bloodstone and gold ornament (Nose Ring?)" No reference to grave #.
Note: Bibliographic References
Lothrop mentions Verrills excavations at El Cano in his Sitio Conte manuscript but says that Verrill goes to Panama in 1925 (a year after the records indicate Verrill gave cocle objects to the museum??). Condition report on file. Echoes of the Drums 1978. Negative #41634
Note: Condition Review
Good condition. One of the gold sheathing caps is loose and was stored separately in a polyethylene bag. There is a small chip in the stone near one of the ends.
Note: Follow-up Notes
Loose sheathing could easily fit into SEM and would be interesting to see interior surface morphology
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF X-ray radiograph ESEM-EDS
Time Period: Owner Accession Date
1924
Time Period: Examination Date
1/30/2009
Place: Object Origin
Geographic Zone: Azuero Peninsula-Coclé Country: Panama Province: Coclé Province Site: Place Time Period: Site Period
Place: Curation Location
Local place: CRC
Actor: Object Excavator
Verrill, A. Hyatt
Actor: Owner Accession Source
Verrill, A. Hyatt (Collected, 1/1/1924)
Actor: Object Owner
NMAI
Actor: Examination Operator
ACH
Condition: Corrosion
Note: No corrosion
Condition: Coloration
Note: Surface coloration is gold
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Materials:
Composite Gold Alloy Note: Gold alloy
Technique: Fabrication Method
Hammered-Sheathing Note: The sheathing is sheet that has been formed over the stone substrate. There are wrinkles and folds on the interior edge of the sheathing indicating that pressure was applied to mold it over the shape of the stone. The interior of the sheathing retains an unfinished, rough texture (from the stone?)
Technique: Finishing
Note: High polish on exterior of sheathing. Interior is rough and unfinished
Measurements:
Type:Number of Components Value:1 Units:components
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NMAI 131802 loose sheathing detail, photomicrograph (2009)
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NMAI 131802 loose sheathing detail, photomicrograph (2009)
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NMAI 131802 loose sheathing detail, photomicrograph (2009)
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si_568e8514e7d4cCSV iconAnalysis Results (NMAI 131802)
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