NMAI 240648: Nose Ornament

Primary Title:
NMAI 240648: Nose Ornament
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Nose Ornament
Keyword Type: Object Class
Sheathing
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 240648
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
240648
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Nose ring with three raised bands. Gold sheathing is only one sided (open at back). Open ring with embossed line across ends. Filled with hard white material, likely modern restoration to preserve the shape of the thin metal.
Note: Owner Accession
Panama; Colón Province, Panamá Province; ; ; Lago Alajuelo (Madden Lake). Excavated by Eva and Neville Harte. Presented by Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Sackler
Note: Condition Review
There are a few small dents in the sheathing and a tear at one of the ends. White material filling the back is likely modern restoration.
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF X-ray radiograph ESEM-EDS
Time Period: Owner Accession Date
1967
Time Period: Examination Date
1/30/2009
Place: Object Origin
Geographic Zone: Panamá/Colón Country: Panama Province: Colón/Panamá Province Site: Lago Alajuelo (Madden Lake) 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: Small amount of green corrosion on the ends
Condition: Coloration
Note: Surface coloration of sheathing is gold
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Materials:
Gold Alloy Note: Gold alloy
Technique: Fabrication Method
Hammered-Sheathing Note: Thin gold sheet over substrate. Surface is highly polished but would have likely been burnished over substrate
Technique: Joinery
Note: Other/Unknown. Likely mechanical bond to substrate
Technique: Finishing
Note: High polish on top surface of sheathing
Measurements:
Type:Number of Components Value:1 Units:components
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NMAI 240648 detail - photomicrograph (2009)
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NMAI 240648 detail - photomicrograph (2009)
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NMAI 240648 overall, verso, numbered side (2009)
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NMAI 240648 overall, recto (2009)
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si_568e851517d86CSV iconAnalysis Results (NMAI 240648)
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ACH
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Unpublished material
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Analysis Results (NMAI 240648)
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tabular digital data
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1/30/2009
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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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None
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Sensitive
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None
Dataqual/lineage/method/methodid/methkey
None
Dataqual/lineage/method/methdesc
Visual Microscopy
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Analysis: XRF X-ray radiograph ESEM-EDS
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Point
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Voxel
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Decimal degrees
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feet
Spref/vertdef/altsys/altenc
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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