NMAI 237897: Chisel

Primary Title:
NMAI 237897: Chisel
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Chisel
Keyword Type: Object Class
Tool
Keyword Type: Object Sub-class
Chisel
Keyword Type: Owner Provenience Record Type
Accession docs/letters
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual Microscopy
Identifier: Object Number
NMAI 237897
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
237897
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
11.8cm long, 10g. Large gold alloy chisel with pointed end on one side and longer cutting edge that fans out on the other side. Four-sided in cross-section. Long cutting edge has rounded bevel (avg.45 degree angle) ground from the numbered side.
Note: Owner Accession
Panama. Purchased from Philip L. Dade by Dr Arthur Sackler
Note: Research Notes
Dade/Dockstader (Nov.22, 1966): Dade tells Dockstader he is sending him a very fine Veraguas chisel (10g)
Note: Condition Review
Crack in cutting edge. White accretion mainly on numbered side
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF X-ray radiograph
Time Period: Owner Accession Date
1966
Time Period: Examination Date
1/27/2009
Place: Object Origin
Geographic Zone: VGC Country: Panama Province: Veraguas 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 and Presented, 1/1/1966)
Actor: Object Owner
NMAI
Actor: Examination Operator
ACH
Condition: Corrosion
Note: Black-core. Some black corrosion visible at crevice of cutting edge
Condition: Coloration
Note: Gold surface coloration
Condition: Usewear Toolmarks
Note: Scratches Burr(s) Cracking. Scratches from grinding along many of the edges. Burrs and cracks along cutting edge.
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Materials:
Gold Alloy Note: gold alloy
Technique: Fabrication Method
Hammered-Sheet Note: Shear fractures and flaws visible on surface from hammering
Technique: Finishing
Note: Surface is polished
Measurements:
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NMAI 237897 detail - photomicrograph (2009)
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NMAI 237897 overall (2009)
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si_568e85151433dCSV iconAnalysis Results (NMAI 237897)
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ACH
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Unpublished material
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Analysis Results (NMAI 237897)
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1/27/2009
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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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None
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None
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None
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Sensitive
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None
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None
Dataqual/lineage/method/methdesc
Visual Microscopy
Dataqual/lineage/method/methdesc[2]
Analysis: XRF X-ray radiograph
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Point
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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
Metainfo/metstdv
1999
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None
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