NMAI 240639: Headband

Primary Title:
NMAI 240639: Headband
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Headband With 24/636
Summary Description:
Head band - associated finds: 240636 [2], 240637, 240638 and 240639
Keyword Type: Object Class
Band
Keyword Type: Object Sub-class
Headband
Keyword Type: Owner Provenience Record Type
Accession docs/letters
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual
Identifier: Object Number
NMAI 240639
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
240639
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Long gold band curved in a circle, 4cm high, 0.015" thick at end. The edges are slightly irregular and there are striations following the length longitudinally. There are four round holes at either end of the band, all punched from the exterior to the interior with flanges remaining on the interior side. There are eight small circular punch marks on one end, lined up parallel to the terminal end.
Note: Owner Accession
Panama; Veraguas Province; Soná District; ; Rojas. Excavated by Eva and Neville Harte. Presented by Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Sackler
Note: Condition Review
Good condition, there is some slight tarnishing.
Note: Follow-up Notes
May be difficult to x-ray
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF X-ray radiograph
Time Period: Examination Date
12/15/2008
Place: Object Origin
Geographic Zone: VGC-Pacific, Soná District Country: Panama Province: Veraguas Province Site: Rojas 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: slight gray tarnish in pattern
Condition: Coloration
Note: Gold
Condition: Usewear Toolmarks
Note: Burrs on interior side of punch holes
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Materials:
Gold Alloy
Technique: Fabrication Method
Hammered-Sheet Note: Some hammering flaws, but no obvious shear fractures from work hardening. The edges are slightly irregular and there is some directionality to the grain structure following the band longitudinally
Technique: Finishing
Note: Polished. Shiny on both sides
Measurements:
Type:Number of Components Value:1 Units:components
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si_2772244240639 x1 DSC_5234 for pid si_2772244240639 x1 DSC_5234Download
si_2772245240639 x1 DSC_5235 for pid si_2772245240639 x1 DSC_5235Download
si_2772246240639 17dec08 ach DSC_5109 for pid si_2772246240639 17dec08 ach DSC_5109Download
si_2772247240639 17dec08 ach DSC_5112 for pid si_2772247240639 17dec08 ach DSC_5112Download
si_2772248240639 17dec08 ach DSC_5113 for pid si_2772248240639 17dec08 ach DSC_5113Download
si_2772249240639 17dec08 ach DSC_5114 for pid si_2772249240639 17dec08 ach DSC_5114Download
si_2772250240639 17dec08 ach DSC_5115 for pid si_2772250240639 17dec08 ach DSC_5115Download
si_2772251240639 17dec08 ach DSC_5116 for pid si_2772251240639 17dec08 ach DSC_5116Download
si_2772252240639 17dec08 ach DSC_5117 for pid si_2772252240639 17dec08 ach DSC_5117Download
si_2772253240639 17dec08 ach DSC_5118 for pid si_2772253240639 17dec08 ach DSC_5118Download
si_2772254240639 17dec08 ach DSC_5119 for pid si_2772254240639 17dec08 ach DSC_5119Download
si_2772255240639_a 20081217 ach for pid si_2772255240639_a 20081217 achDownload
si_2772256240639_b 20081217 ach for pid si_2772256240639_b 20081217 achDownload
si_2772257240639_c 20081217 ach for pid si_2772257240639_c 20081217 achDownload
si_2772258240639_d 20081217 ach for pid si_2772258240639_d 20081217 achDownload
si_568e85151617aCSV iconAnalysis Results (NMAI 240639)Download