NMAI 008214: Bell

Primary Title:
NMAI 008214: Bell
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Bell
Keyword Type: Object Class
Bell
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual Microscopy
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
NMAI 008214.000
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Small cast bell with suspension loop in ring at top and triangular shaped body with slit at bottom. The body curves inwards at the bottom on either side of the slit. The clapper is present. 2.3cm high x 1.7cm wide. 6.1g
Note: Owner Accession
Central America, Panama, Bocas del Toro Province, Bocas del Toro District, Bocas del Toro
Note: Condition Review
There are two holes through the body of the bell on the numbered side. There is also a patch of adhesive on the numbered side with a small piece of torn card or paper still attached, likely from past display or storage. There is a slight amount of light brown accretion in the crevices, such as around the ring at the top. There are cracks in the suspension loop that may either be from some aspect of forming, repair, or else intergranular corrosion
Note: Follow-up Notes
No corrosion except at top ring where dendrites visible.
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF X-ray radiograph
Time Period: Owner Accession Date
1906
Time Period: Examination Date
1/7/2009
Place: Object Origin
Geographic Zone: VGC-Caribbean, Bocas del Toro District Country: Panama Province: Bocas del Toro Province Site: Place Time Period: Site Period
Place: Curation Location
Local place: CRC
Actor: Object Excavator
Dissette, George C.
Actor: Owner Accession Source
Dissette, George C. (Collected, 1/1/1906)
Actor: Object Owner
NMAI
Actor: Examination Operator
ACH
Condition: Corrosion
Note: There is no corrosion visible but there is a dendritic structure visible at the surface on the top of the ring, indicating interdendritic corrosion at some point with preferential corrosion of the copper rich phase.
Condition: Coloration
Note: Surface is gold colored
Condition: Usewear Toolmarks
Note: Cracks in suspension loop?
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Materials:
Gold Alloy Note: Gold colored and no green corrosion present
Technique: Fabrication Method
Cast- Open Back Note: Dendritic structure visible only at top surface indicating casting. Cracks present in suspension loop may be from further working. Holes in body and crevices may be casting flaws
Technique: Joinery
Note: All in wax model
Technique: Finishing
Note: Polished. Surface appears compact and shiny
Measurements:
Type:Number of Components Value:1 Units:components
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NMAI 8214 detail, photomicrograph (2009)
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