NMAI 240651 B: Fish Hook [#2 of 6]

Primary Title:
NMAI 240651 B: Fish Hook [#2 of 6]
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Fish Hook
Keyword Type: Object Class
Tool
Keyword Type: Object Sub-class
Fishhook
Keyword Type: Owner Provenience Record Type
Accession docs/letters
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual Microscopy
Identifier: Object Number
NMAI 240651.002
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
240651.002
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Fish-hook with small (1cm) gap between shank and point. Small eye at other end. No barb. 2.4cm high, 0.15cm thick (diam)
Note: Owner Accession
Panama; Chiriquí Province; ; Chiriquí Viejo. 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
There are some cracks in the surface of the fish-hook and the end of the point is slightly broken
Note: Follow-up Notes
Special Followup Re-do. Fabrication technique?
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF X-ray radiograph ESEM-EDS
Time Period: Examination Date
2/4/2009
Place: Object Origin
Geographic Zone: VGC Country: Panama Province: Chiriquí Province Site: Chiriquí Viejo 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: Green-Surface. Small amount of green corrosion at tip of point and in interior of eye
Condition: Coloration
Note: Gold surface coloration
Condition: Usewear Toolmarks
Note: Some cracking, possibly due to formation. Scratches from rasp/polishing
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Materials:
Gold Alloy Note: Gold alloy
Technique: Fabrication Method
Cast- Solid Other/Unknown Hammered-Sheet Wire/Rod Note: likely cast and then finished by some further hammering and/or rasping/grinding/polishing to shape. The surface is very irregular. The cracks in the bends may be from stress corrosion cracking caused by stresses during forming
Technique: Finishing
Note: May have been enriched. Raised areas are polished
Measurements:
Type:Diameter Value:0.15c Units:mm Type:Number of Components Value:6 Units:components
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si_2772691TIFF icon240651-2_1.6x_interior of eyeDownload
si_568e851518a38CSV iconAnalysis Results (NMAI 240651.002)Download