NMAI 240671: Ear Ornament

Primary Title:
NMAI 240671: Ear Ornament
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Ear Ornament
Keyword Type: Object Class
Sheathing
Keyword Type: Object Sub-class
Ear rod
Keyword Type: Owner Provenience Record Type
Accession docs/letters
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual Microscopy
Identifier: Object Number
NMAI 240671
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
240671
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Ear rod made from green stone, gold sheathing and resin (copal?) substrate. 14.7cm long. The gold sheathing has an incised geometric pattern in it and is open at the top. At the open end of the gold sheathing there is a copal substrate but the stone rod extends out from the other end of the sheathing. There is also a small puncture hole in the side of the gold sheathing just below the open end. 24.3g
Note: Owner Accession
Panama; Coclé Province; Natá District; ; El Caño. Excavated by Eva and Neville Harte. Presented by Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Sackler
Note: Condition Review
Good condition except for the hole at the end of the sheathing in which there may be some loose resin.
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF X-ray radiograph
Time Period: Examination Date
2009-Jan-12
Place: Object Origin
Geographic Zone: Azuero Peninsula-Coclé, Natá District Country: Panama Province: Coclé Province Site: El Caño 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 coloration
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: Organics. There is resin present as a substrate
Materials:
Gold Alloy Stone Organic Composite Unknown Note: Gold alloy
Technique: Fabrication Method
Hammered-Sheathing Note: Very thin layer of gold over organic and stone substrate
Technique: Joinery
Note: Mechanical
Technique: Finishing
Note: Polished. Shiny compact surface
Measurements:
Type:Number of Components Value:1 Units:components
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