NMAI 240644: Nose Ring

Primary Title:

NMAI 240644: Nose Ring

Alternate Title: Owner Object Name

Nose Ring

Keyword Type: Object Class

Ornament

Keyword Type: Object Sub-class

Ring-Nose

Keyword Type: Owner Provenience Record Type

Accession docs/letters

Keyword Type: Exam Methods

Visual Microscopy

Identifier: Object Number

NMAI 240644

Identifier: Owner Accession Number

240644

Note: Owner Information Source

PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold

Note: Object Description

Thin (0.013" thick) sheet nose ring. Crescent shaped, open at the end, ends bent over. 3g

Note: Owner Accession

Central America, Panama, Veraguas Province, Rojas. Excavated by Eva and Neville Harte. Presented by Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Sackler

Note: Research Notes

(transferred to MCI for analysis July 2009)

Note: Condition Review

Small tears in the metal have occurred at the location of the bends at the ends. Some mottling of the metal surface due to uneven coating application (?). A clear coating has been applied

Note: Follow-up Notes

Special. Break edge visible at bends at end. Good candidate for ESEM to measure difference between surface and interior composition

Note: Analysis Recommendations

XRF X-ray radiograph ESEM-EDS

Time Period: Examination Date

1/30/2009

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: No corrosion

Condition: Coloration

Note: Gold surface coloration

Condition: Usewear Toolmarks

Note: Scratches on edges from finishing techniques (rasp, polish, etc.)

Condition: Pseudomorphs

Note: None

Materials:

Gold Alloy Note: Gold alloy. Surface is gold but edges are coppery. Break at the bend at the ends is very coppery.

Technique: Fabrication Method

Hammered-Sheet Note: Some hammering flaws in surface

Technique: Finishing

Note: Surface is polished.. may have surface enrichment as interior is more coppery colored

Measurements:

Type:Number of Components Value:1 Units:components

PID	Type	Title	Metadata	URL
si_2771603		233536-240644-240661 20090902 ach DSC06424	TitleInfo/title 233536-240644-240661 20090902 ach DSC06424 Abstract NMAI 233536, 240644 and 240661 overall - preparation for ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)	Download
si_2771604		233536-240644-240661 20090902 ach DSC06425	TitleInfo/title 233536-240644-240661 20090902 ach DSC06425 Abstract NMAI 233536, 240644 and 240661 overall - preparation for ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)	Download
si_2772457		240644 20090902 ach DSC06422	TitleInfo/title 240644 20090902 ach DSC06422 Abstract NMAI 240644 overall, numbered side (2009)	Download
si_2772458		240644_1	TitleInfo/title 240644_1 Abstract NMAI 240644 detail 1 - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)	Download
si_2772459		240644_2	TitleInfo/title 240644_2 Abstract NMAI 240644 detail 2 - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)	Download
si_2772460		240644_3	TitleInfo/title 240644_3 Abstract NMAI 240644 detail 3 - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)	Download
si_2772461		240644_3_Au surface and Cu interior	TitleInfo/title 240644_3_Au surface and Cu interior Abstract NMAI 240644 detail 3, with elemental map for gold and copper - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)	Download
si_2772462		240644_4	TitleInfo/title 240644_4 Abstract NMAI 240644 detail 4 - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)	Download
si_2772463		240644_5	TitleInfo/title 240644_5 Abstract NMAI 240644 detail 5 - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)	Download
si_2772464		240644_a 20090414 ach	TitleInfo/title 240644_a 20090414 ach Abstract NMAI 240644 overall, numbered side (2009)	Download
si_2772465		240644_b 20090414 ach	TitleInfo/title 240644_b 20090414 ach Abstract NMAI 240644 overall, unnumbered side (2009)	Download
si_2772475		240644_2.5x_interior edge	TitleInfo/title 240644_2.5x_interior edge Abstract NMAI 240644 detail - photomicrograph (2009)	Download
si_2772476		240644_3.2x_end_coppery interior	TitleInfo/title 240644_3.2x_end_coppery interior Abstract NMAI 240644 detail - photomicrograph (2009)	Download
si_2772478		240644_4.0x_wrong calibration_ edge	TitleInfo/title 240644_4.0x_wrong calibration_ edge Abstract NMAI 240644 detail - photomicrograph (2009)	Download
si_568e8515170b6		Analysis Results (NMAI 240644)	Idinfo/citation/citeinfo/origin ACH Idinfo/citation/citeinfo/pubdate Unpublished material Idinfo/citation/citeinfo/title Analysis Results (NMAI 240644) Idinfo/citation/citeinfo/geoform tabular digital data Idinfo/timeperd/timeinfo/rngdates/begdate 1/30/2009 Idinfo/timeperd/current observed Idinfo/status/progress Done Idinfo/status/update As Needed Idinfo/keywords/theme/themekt None Idinfo/keywords/place/placekt None Idinfo/keywords/stratum/stratkt None Idinfo/keywords/temporal/tempkt None Idinfo/taxonomy/keywtax/taxonkt None Idinfo/taxonomy/keywtax/taxonkey None Idinfo/taxonomy/taxonsys/classsys/classcit/citeinfo/pubdate Unpublished material Idinfo/taxonomy/taxonsys/classsys/classcit/citeinfo/geoform database Idinfo/taxonomy/taxoncl/taxonrn Species Idinfo/taxonomy/taxoncl/taxonrv Unknown Idinfo/taxonomy/taxoncl/common Unknown Idinfo/secinfo/secclass Sensitive Dataqual/lineage/method/methodid/methkt None Dataqual/lineage/method/methodid/methkey None Dataqual/lineage/method/methdesc Visual Microscopy Dataqual/lineage/method/methdesc[2] Analysis: XRF X-ray radiograph ESEM-EDS Spdoinfo/direct Point Spdoinfo/rastinfo/rasttype Voxel Spref/horizsys/geograph/geogunit Decimal degrees Spref/vertdef/altsys/altunits feet Spref/vertdef/altsys/altenc Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates Spref/vertdef/depthsys/depthem Attribute values Eainfo/detailed/attr/attrmfrq Unknown Distinfo/distrib/cntinfo/cntaddr/addrtype Mailing Metainfo/metc/cntinfo/cntaddr/addrtype Mailing Metainfo/metstdn FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metainfo/metstdv 1999 Metainfo/metsi/metsc None	Download