NMAI 237894: C - Shaped Gold Ring

Primary Title:
NMAI 237894: C - Shaped Gold Ring
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
C - Shaped Gold Ring
Keyword Type: Object Class
Ornament
Keyword Type: Object Sub-class
Ring
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual Microscopy
Identifier: Object Number
NMAI 237894
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
237894
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
C-shaped gold ring. 1.7cm diam., 1mm thick, 3mm wide. Surfaces have longitudinal wavy lines and striations from fabrication and finishing
Note: Owner Accession
Panama. Purchased from Philip L. Dade by Dr Arthur Sackler
Note: Research Notes
Dade/Dockstader reference to "drawn" gold ring (transferred to MCI for analysis July 2009)
Note: Condition Review
Cracks running longitudinally along the length of the ring on both the inside and outside surfaces
Note: Follow-up Notes
Special Followup: Fabrication technique? SEM imaging of markings would be interesting.
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF X-ray radiograph ESEM-EDS
Time Period: Owner Accession Date
1966
Time Period: Examination Date
2/2/2009
Place: Object Origin
Geographic Zone: Country: Panama Province: Site: Place Time Period: Site Period
Place: Curation Location
Local place: CRC
Actor: Object Excavator
Dade, Philip?
Actor: Owner Accession Source
Sackler, Dr. Arthur M. (Purchased from Philip L Dade and Presented, 1/1/1966)
Actor: Object Owner
NMAI
Actor: Examination Operator
ACH
Condition: Corrosion
Note: No corrosion,
Condition: Coloration
Note: Gold surface coloration
Condition: Usewear Toolmarks
Note: Scratches and cracking longitudinally from drawing
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Materials:
Gold Alloy Note: Gold alloy
Technique: Fabrication Method
Other/Unknown Hammered-Sheet Note: Documentation indicates that it is drawn. There are striations along the length and cracking/stress corrosion along the length as well. The lines along the surface, however, are not regular as if drawn through a die but appear more to be hammered
Technique: Finishing
Note: surface is partially shiny
Measurements:
Type:Diameter Value:17 Units:mm Type:Number of Components Value:1 Units:components
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Analysis Results (NMAI 237894)
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Visual Microscopy
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Analysis: XRF X-ray radiograph ESEM-EDS
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