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Wednesday, October 27, 1927 (continued)

(1) G 7000 X (continued)
*A4366: group south of coffin, looking east
*A4367: pottery south of coffin, looking east (a bit north)

Thursday, October 28, 1926

Work on:
(1) G 7000 X

(1) G 7000 X
No. 1371:
(b) wood, badly damaged except along west side where a layer of wood is held in place by the copper nails, although cracked at each nail transversely by longitudinal shrinking.
(x) wood of (b) first 48 cm from north end. With it staple (4) [ILLUSTRATION]. Near sand a large piece of filling plaster RED. This exposes copper bottom, and at 121 cm from south end is a joint. The nails through the flange are irregularly spaced. Twenty-seven nails in 48 cm in east flange. Thirty-one nails in 47 cm in west flange. [ILLUSTRATION].
(4) small copper staple. [ILLUSTRATION] The copper staple was driven slanting through corner of beam. [ILLUSTRATION] The ring in was bend down horizontally [ILLUSTRATION]. The prong was hammered over and into the wood along the grain. [ILLUSTRATION].
(5) Scrap of gold near south end of (b) [ILLUSTRATION].
(Y) wood from 48 cm to 80 cm from north end, with (3).
(3) staples as (4).
(Z) wood from 80 cm to south end, with (2).
(2) staple as (4).

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Details

ID
HUMFA_Vol.19.p.576
Alternate IDs
Vol.19.p.576; HUMFA_Vol.19.p.576
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Documentation-Expedition diary pages
Entry Date
10/27/1926; 10/28/1926
Title
Vol.19.p.576
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

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