NMAI 163865: Beads [50]

Primary Title:
NMAI 163865: Beads [50]
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Bead
Keyword Type: Object Class
Bead
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual Microscopy
Identifier: Object Number
NMAI 163865
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
163865
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Small globular/biconical beads made from thin sheet and may have originally been over substrate. 6-8mm diam. One side of the beads tends to be open/wide, while the other is more flattened and in some cases has a burr going towards the interior.
Note: Owner Accession
Panama; Coclé Province; ; ; Río Grande
Note: Research Notes
(transferred to MCI for analysis July 2009) Sitio Conte? El Cano?
Note: Condition Review
Some deformation and denting as the metal is very thin. May have originally had perishable substrate that may now be missing. Very delicate without substrate. Some cracks at the edges.
Note: Follow-up Notes
Special. Very interesting structure with flattened end and burr on one side. Unclear whether there was a substrate (interior surface texture would be interesting to look at)
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF X-ray radiograph ESEM-EDS
Time Period: Owner Accession Date
1929
Time Period: Examination Date
2/4/2009
Place: Object Origin
Geographic Zone: Azuero Peninsula-Coclé, Rio Grande Country: Panama Province: Coclé Province Site: Place Time Period: Site Period
Place: Curation Location
Local place: CRC
Actor: Owner Accession Source
(Museum Purchase/Purchased, 1/1/1929)
Actor: Object Owner
NMAI
Actor: Examination Operator
ACH
Condition: Corrosion
Note: No corrosion
Condition: Coloration
Note: Gold surface coloration
Condition: Usewear Toolmarks
Note: Burrs on one side of bead extending into interior
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Materials:
Gold Alloy Not present Unknown Composite Note: Bead is gold alloy. Unclear if there was substrate (potentially organic).
Technique: Fabrication Method
Hammered-Sheathing Hammered-Sheet Other/Unknown Note: Possibly sheathing (substrate now missing) or else hammered over mandrel. Flange or burr visible on one inner edges of bead hole. Other aperture has ragged irregular Cut /chiseled edge with no flange. Bead might have been formed by dapping a circular disk in a dapping die, followed by punching one side (resulting in flange on one side)
Technique: Joinery
Note: Other/Unknown Mechanical. No joins visible; Unknown. Likely mechanically joined
Technique: Finishing
Note: Exterior is highly polished
Measurements:
Type:Diameter Value:6.98+-0.48 Units:mm Type:Height Value:4.3+-0.51 Units:mm Type:Number of Components Value:50 Units:components
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NMAI 163865 beads (4) detail - photomicrograph (2009)
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NMAI 163865 beads (4) detail - photomicrograph (2009)
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NMAI 163865 detail - photomicrograph (2009)
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163865_1
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NMAI 163865 detail - photomicrograph (2009)
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NMAI 163865 detail - photomicrograph (2009)
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NMAI 163865 overall (2009)
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NMAI 163865 overall (2009)
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NMAI 163865 overall (2009)
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si_568e8514ec83eCSV iconAnalysis Results (NMAI 163865)
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ACH
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Unpublished material
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Analysis Results (NMAI 163865)
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2/4/2009
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observed
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Done
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As Needed
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None
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Unknown
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Sensitive
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None
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None
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Visual Microscopy
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Analysis: XRF X-ray radiograph ESEM-EDS
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feet
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Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
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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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