NMNH A396672-A: Gold Beads

Primary Title:
NMNH A396672-A: Gold Beads
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Gold Beads
Keyword Type: Object Class
Bead
Keyword Type: Owner Provenience Record Type
Accession docs/letters
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual Microscopy
Identifier: Object Number
NMNH A396672A
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
A396672A
Identifier: Owner Catalog Number
184319
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
60 beads strung on yarn, 15 loose/fragments. Beads are thin sheet metal, approximately 2mm wide. Among the loose beads, there is one bead that is longer and tubular, but still made from the same thin gold foil. Most have no visible seams, but a few have a straight edge either partially or totally disjoined. This may be a site of fusion or just a break in the bead. The edges appear slightly crimped or folded in places.
Note: Owner Accession
Four gold ornaments from Chiriqui Province, Panama, "Excavated by Natives at a site known as La Vuelta, about four miles from the town of El Hato, Chiriqui." Purchased through Mrs. M.W. Stirling by the Old World Archeological Fund and Presented to the National Collections.....
Note: Bibliographic References
Photo neg. no. 38-857, Exhibit Hall 23 9-17-74
Note: Condition Review
Most of the beads are distorted and have small tears and breaks in them. The loose bead in the polyethylene bag still retain light brown accretions from the burial environment. Most are broken.. torn at one location.
Note: Follow-up Notes
Re-do
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF ESEM-EDS X-ray radiograph. Small enough to use ESEM-EDS. Try to determine if there is a join
Time Period: Owner Accession Date
1949
Time Period: Examination Date
11/18/2008
Place: Object Origin
Geographic Zone: VGC-Pacific Country: Panama Province: Chiriqui Site: La Vuelta, four miles from town of El Hato Place Time Period: Site Period
Place: Curation Location
Local place: 1103A00403
Actor: Object Excavator
Mrs.Stirling (purchased)
Actor: Owner Accession Source
Old World Archeology Fund; 1949-Sep-26; Gift; 4 specimens
Actor: Object Owner
NMNH
Actor: Examination Operator
ACH
Condition: Corrosion
Note: Some gray tarnishing on the surface of some of the beads
Condition: Coloration
Note: Shiny gold
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Materials:
Gold Alloy Not present Composite Note: The beads are very thin gold foil and were therefore likely to have been originally on a substrate. The original substrate was likely an organic, such as wood since such a material could have decomposed in burial, leaving only the gold sheathing.
Technique: Fabrication Method
Hammered-Sheathing
Technique: Joinery
Note: Some joins visible
Technique: Finishing
Note: Polished. The surfaces appear shiny
Measurements:
Type:Number of Components Value:50 Units:components
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A396672_1_1 20090528
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NMNH A396672-A bead (1) - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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NMNH A396672-A bead (1) - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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A396672_1_2
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NMNH A396672-A bead (1) detail - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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A396672_1_3
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NMNH A396672-A bead (1) detail - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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NMNH A396672-A bead (1) detail - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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A396672_1_4_join with Au Cu Ag 20090618
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NMNH A396672-A bead (1) detail, with gold-silver-copper map - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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A396672_1_4_join with Au Cu Ag
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NMNH A396672-A bead (1) detail with gold-copper-silver map- ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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A396672_1_4_join with Au Cu Ag
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NMNH A396672-A bead (1) detail with gold-copper-silver map - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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si_2769331A396672_1_join with Au Cu Ag for pid si_2769331A396672_1_join with Au Cu Ag
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A396672_1_join with Au Cu Ag
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NMNH A396672-A bead (1) detail with gold-copper-silver map - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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A396672_1_join_Ag
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NMNH A396672-A bead (1) detail with silver map - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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A396672_1_join_Au
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NMNH A396672-A bead (1) detail with gold map - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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A396672_1_join_Cu
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NMNH A396672-A bead (1) detail with copper map - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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A396672_2_1
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NMNH A396672-A bead (2) - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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A396672_2_join_Ag
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NMNH A396672-A bead (2) detail with silver map - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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si_2769337A396672_2_join_Au for pid si_2769337A396672_2_join_Au
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A396672_2_join_Au
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NMNH A396672-A bead (2) detail with gold map - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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si_2769338A396672_2_join_Cu for pid si_2769338A396672_2_join_Cu
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A396672_2_join_Cu
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NMNH A396672-A bead (2) detail with copper map - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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A396672_3_1
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NMNH A396672-A bead (3) - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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A396672_3_2
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NMNH A396672-A bead (3) - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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A396672_3_3
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NMNH A396672-A bead (3) - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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A396672_4_1
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NMNH A396672-A bead (4) - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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A396672_4_2
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NMNH A396672-A bead (4) - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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A396672_5_1
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NMNH A396672-A bead (5) - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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A396672_6_1
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NMNH A396672-A bead (6) - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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A396672_7_1
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NMNH A396672-A bead (7) - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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NMNH A396672-A bead (8) - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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NMNH A396672-A bead (9) - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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NMNH A396672-A overall, preparation - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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A396672a 20090529 ach DSC05819
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NMNH A396672-A overall, preparation - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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A396672a_03dec08_XRF1a
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NMNH A396672-A overall - with XRF (2008 ElvaX) analysis spot #1a indicated
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A396672a_03dec08_XRF2
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NMNH A396672-A overall - with XRF (2008 ElvaX) analysis spot #2 indicated
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A396672a_a_20081126_ach
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NMNH A396672-A beads, strung (2008)
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A396672a_b_20081126_ach
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NMNH A396672-A overall (2008)
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NMNH A396672-A overall (2008)
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NMNH A396672-A overall (2008)
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si_568e8515733ffCSV iconAnalysis Results (NMNH 3966720 x)
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Analysis Results (NMNH 3966720 x)
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database
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Visual Microscopy
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Analysis: XRF ESEM-EDS X-ray radiograph. Small enough to use ESEM-EDS. Try to determine if there is a join
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Unknown
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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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