NMAI 163867: Beads [113]

Primary Title:
NMAI 163867: Beads [113]
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Bead
Keyword Type: Object Class
Bead
Identifier: Object Number
NMAI 163867
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
163867
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
1/13/2009
Note: Owner Accession
Panama; Coclé Province; ; ; Río Grande
Note: Research Notes
Sitio Conte? El Cano?
Note: Condition Review
Good condition. Small scratches in surface.
Note: Follow-up Notes
Joins visible. Fabrication technique?
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF X-ray radiograph ESEM-EDS
Time Period: Owner Accession Date
1929
Time Period: Examination Date
ACH
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
Visual Microscopy
Condition: Corrosion
Note: No corrosion
Condition: Coloration
Note: Gold surface coloration
Condition: Usewear Toolmarks
Note: Incised lines along cut edges, perhaps from cutting into smaller beads
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Technique: Fabrication Method
Hammered-Sheet Note: thin gold tubes with visible join along length. There are incised lines at some of the edges of the beads, perhaps from cutting.
Technique: Joinery
Note: Joins visible on some beads
Technique: Finishing
Note: Polished. Shiny compact surface
Measurements:
Necklace with 113 tubular/ring beads approximately 6mm long, with a slightly convex shape. Type:Number of Components Value:113 Units:components
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