NMAI 163868: Beads [275]

Primary Title:

NMAI 163868: Beads [275]

Alternate Title: Owner Object Name

Bead

Keyword Type: Object Class

Bead

Identifier: Object Number

NMAI 163868

Identifier: Owner Accession Number

163868

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

(transferred to MCI for analysis July 2009) Sitio Conte? El Cano?

Note: Condition Review

Good condition. Some beads are warped and there is a small amount of green corrosion on one. One the interior side there is a white to brown accretion with embedded grains as well.

Note: Follow-up Notes

Followup Special. Fabrication?

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: A very small amount of green corrosion is present on only one of the beads

Condition: Coloration

Note: Gold surface coloration

Condition: Usewear Toolmarks

Note: Incised lines visible along some edges

Condition: Pseudomorphs

Note: None

Technique: Fabrication Method

Hammered-Sheet Note: Beads are hammered and rolled into a tube and joined. Wear marks or chisel or chasing lines adjacent to outer aperture edge. Beads are hammered and twisted into a tube and joined. The individual beads were then cut with a sharp tool.

Technique: Joinery

Note: Join lines visible along length of some beads on exterior.

Technique: Finishing

Note: Polished. Shiny compact surface

Measurements:

2mm long thin ring beads. 275 beads. 42g Type:Diameter Value:7.78 Units:mm Type:Height Value:1.94 Units:mm Type:Number of Components Value:275 Units:components

PID	Type	Title	Metadata	URL
si_2771195		163868_1.0x_incision and join	TitleInfo/title 163868_1.0x_incision and join Abstract NMAI 163868 detail - photomicrograph (2009)	Download
si_2771196		163868_b01_20090122_cn	TitleInfo/title 163868_b01_20090122_cn Abstract NMAI 163868 overall (2009)	Download
si_2771200		163868_bead1_1	TitleInfo/title 163868_bead1_1 Abstract NMAI 163868 bead detail 1 - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)	Download
si_2771201		163868_bead1_2	TitleInfo/title 163868_bead1_2 Abstract NMAI 163868 bead detail 2 - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)	Download
si_568e8514ece97		Analysis Results (NMAI 163868)	Idinfo/citation/citeinfo/origin Visual Microscopy Idinfo/citation/citeinfo/pubdate Unpublished material Idinfo/citation/citeinfo/title Analysis Results (NMAI 163868) Idinfo/citation/citeinfo/geoform tabular digital data Idinfo/timeperd/timeinfo/rngdates/begdate ACH Idinfo/timeperd/current observed Idinfo/status/progress Done Idinfo/status/update As Needed Idinfo/keywords/theme/themekt None Idinfo/keywords/place/placekt None Idinfo/keywords/stratum/stratkt None Idinfo/keywords/temporal/tempkt None Idinfo/taxonomy/keywtax/taxonkt None Idinfo/taxonomy/keywtax/taxonkey None Idinfo/taxonomy/taxonsys/classsys/classcit/citeinfo/pubdate Unpublished material Idinfo/taxonomy/taxonsys/classsys/classcit/citeinfo/geoform database Idinfo/taxonomy/taxoncl/taxonrn Species Idinfo/taxonomy/taxoncl/taxonrv Unknown Idinfo/taxonomy/taxoncl/common Unknown Idinfo/secinfo/secclass Sensitive Dataqual/lineage/method/methodid/methkt None Dataqual/lineage/method/methodid/methkey None Dataqual/lineage/method/methdesc[2] Analysis: XRF X-ray radiograph ESEM-EDS Spdoinfo/direct Point Spdoinfo/rastinfo/rasttype Voxel Spref/horizsys/geograph/geogunit Decimal degrees Spref/vertdef/altsys/altunits feet Spref/vertdef/altsys/altenc Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates Spref/vertdef/depthsys/depthem Attribute values Eainfo/detailed/attr/attrmfrq Unknown Distinfo/distrib/cntinfo/cntaddr/addrtype Mailing Metainfo/metc/cntinfo/cntaddr/addrtype Mailing Metainfo/metstdn FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metainfo/metstdv 1999 Metainfo/metsi/metsc None	Download