NMAI 240642: Tweezers

Primary Title:
NMAI 240642: Tweezers
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Tweezers
Keyword Type: Object Class
Tool
Keyword Type: Object Sub-class
Tweezers
Keyword Type: Owner Provenience Record Type
Accession docs/letters
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual Microscopy
Identifier: Object Number
NMAI 240642
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
240642
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Tweezers (?) with large hemispherical tips connected by a thin strip bent over. All one piece. Round tips are convex shape
Note: Owner Accession
Central America, Panama, Coclé Province, Penonomé District, Coclé. Excavated by Eva and Neville Harte. Presented by Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Sackler
Note: Condition Review
Dents in the hemispherical tip on the number side. Pink to light brown accretions on interior
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF X-ray radiograph
Time Period: Examination Date
1/27/2009
Place: Object Origin
Geographic Zone: Azuero Peninsula-Coclé, Penonomé District Country: Panama Province: Coclé Province Site: 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: Incised lines are present around the edges where the convex hemisphere begins
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Materials:
Gold Alloy Note: gold alloy
Technique: Fabrication Method
Hammered-Sheet Note: There are flaws over the surface that appear to be shear fractures and hammering flaws
Technique: Finishing
Note: The exterior is highly polished while the interior remains unfinished, porous, and matte.
Measurements:
Type:Number of Components Value:1 Units:components
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si_568e851516c8eCSV iconAnalysis Results (NMAI 240642)
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ACH
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Analysis Results (NMAI 240642)
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tabular digital data
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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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Unpublished material
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database
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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
Dataqual/lineage/method/methdesc[2]
Analysis: XRF X-ray radiograph
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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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