NMAI 225840: Gorget With 22/5839

Primary Title:
NMAI 225840: Gorget With 22/5839
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Gorget With 22/5839
Keyword Type: Object Class
Disk
Keyword Type: Object Sub-class
Plaque
Keyword Type: Owner Provenience Record Type
Known Accession docs/letters Publication
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual Microscopy
Identifier: Object Number
NMAI 225840
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
225840
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Gold disk with raised circle around the edge, embossed from back to front. There are four holes punched through the top, punctured with a round tool from front to back as there are burrs remaining on the back side. ~16cm diam. 0.010" thick.
Note: Owner Accession
Panama; Panamá Province; Arriaján District; ; Venado Beach. Excavated by Mr. and Mrs. Neville A. Harte in 1951
Note: Research Notes
Discussed by Dade in correspondence. Says the Hartes reconstructed this wrong as the plaque would not have been on a coral necklace. The necklace and disk were in association in the burial but the Hartes incorrectly assumed they went together.
Note: Bibliographic References
Documented in article Lothrop, Samuel K. "Jewelry from the Panama Canal Zone," in Archaeology (1956) Vol.9(1) pg.34
Note: Condition Review
Good condition. There are a number of radial cracks at the edge of the embossed ring.
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF X-ray radiograph
Time Period: Excavation Date
1951
Time Period: Owner Accession Date
1957
Time Period: Examination Date
1/13/2009
Place: Object Origin
Geographic Zone: Panamá/Colón, Arriaján District Country: Panama Province: Panamá Province Site: Venado Beach Place Time Period: Site Period
Place: Curation Location
Local place: CRC
Actor: Object Excavator
Harte, Eva and Neville A.
Actor: Owner Accession Source
Stendahl, Earl (Exchanged, 1/1/1957)
Actor: Object Owner
NMAI
Actor: Examination Operator
ACH
Condition: Corrosion
Note: No corrosion
Condition: Coloration
Note: Gold surface
Condition: Usewear Toolmarks
Note: There are some scratches/incised lines running along the edge of the embossed circle that may have been used as a guideline for the design
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Materials:
Gold Alloy Note: High gold content
Technique: Fabrication Method
Hammered-Sheet Note: No evidence of work hardening. The disk is still flexible and there are no shear fractures.
Technique: Finishing
Note: Polished. Surface is compact and shiny
Measurements:
Type:Diameter Value:16c Units:mm Type:Number of Components Value:1 Units:components
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NMAI 225840 overall, unnumbered side (2009)
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NMAI 225840 overall, numbered side (2009)
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Visual Microscopy
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Analysis: XRF X-ray radiograph
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