NMAI 240631: Disk

Primary Title:
NMAI 240631: Disk
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Disk
Keyword Type: Object Class
Disk
Keyword Type: Owner Provenience Record Type
Accession docs/letters
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual Microscopy
Identifier: Object Number
NMAI 240631
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
240631
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Round disk with three embossed concentric circle designs and two rows of smaller embossed/punched circles around the circumference all worked from the numbered side. There are two punched holes, punched from the un-numbered side 11.2cm diam. 32.4g
Note: Owner Accession
Panama; Veraguas Province; Santa Fe District; Veraguas. Excavated by Eva and Neville Harte. Presented by Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Sackler
Note: Condition Review
There are many distortions in the thin gold and the top of the two of the embossed circles is torn. There are also tears radiating from the two punched holes, and a small tear in the gold just to the PL of the center. There is a very small amount of accretion in the circular indentations around the edges.
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF
Time Period: Examination Date
12/11/2008
Place: Object Origin
Geographic Zone: VGC, Santa Fe District Country: Panama Province: Veraguas Province Site: Veraguas Place Time Period: Site Period
Place: Curation Location
Local place: CRC
Actor: Object Excavator
Harte, Eva and Neville A.
Actor: Owner Accession Source
Sackler, Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. (Collected and Given/Collected and Presented, 1/1/1967)
Actor: Object Owner
NMAI
Actor: Examination Operator
ACH
Condition: Corrosion
Note: No corrosion
Condition: Coloration
Note: Gold
Condition: Usewear Toolmarks
Note: The punched holes have burrs on the numbered side (opposite the side the embossing was done from). The tool used to make the small circles around the edges has an ovoid tip.
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Materials:
Gold Alloy
Technique: Fabrication Method
Hammered-Sheet Note: Very thin sheet. Embossed from un-numbered side
Measurements:
Type:Diameter Value:11.2c Units:mm Type:Number of Components Value:1 Units:components
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NMAI 240631 overall, numbered side - with XRF (2008 ElvaX) analysis spot #1 indicated
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240631 17dec08 ach DSC_4847
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NMAI 240631 overall, unnumbered side (2008)
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240631 17dec08 ach DSC_4848
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NMAI 240631 overall, numbered side (2008)
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240631_a 20081217 ach
Abstract
NMAI 240631 overall, unnumbered side (2008)
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240631_b 20081217 ach
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NMAI 240631 overall, numbered side (2008)
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si_568e851514dd3CSV iconAnalysis Results (NMAI 240631)
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ACH
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Unpublished material
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Analysis Results (NMAI 240631)
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12/11/2008
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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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None
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None
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Unpublished material
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database
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Sensitive
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None
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None
Dataqual/lineage/method/methdesc
Visual Microscopy
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Analysis: XRF
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Point
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Voxel
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Decimal degrees
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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
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1999
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None
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