Straus.8896: X-radiograph(s) of "Turquoise-Inlaid Plaque with Stylized Animal-Mask Decoration"
Photographs
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- Straus.8896
- Title
- X-radiograph(s) of "Turquoise-Inlaid Plaque with Stylized Animal-Mask Decoration"
- Classification
- Photographs
- Work Type
- x-radiograph, photograph
- Date
- October 19, 2016
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/356796
Physical Descriptions
- Dimensions
- film size: 20.3 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs
- Object Number
- Straus.8896
- Contact
- am_straus@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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X-radiograph Operator(s): Angela Chang
Duration of session: 45 mins.
Total number of exposures: 4
Material Description: bronze, turquoise (stone)
Sample for TL?: n/a
Radiation source: Comet tubeComet MXR-320/26 tube
CR plate type: Carestream Industrex Flex HR (white)
Exposure settings:
320V 40mA 3.0mmFOC 30seconds 190cm focal distance
320V 40mA 3.0mmFOC 40seconds 190cm focal distance
320V 40mA 3.0mmFOC 45seconds 190cm focal distance
320V 40mA 3.0mmFOC 75seconds 190cm focal distance
Filtration used: 3mm Cu
Screens used: 5 and 10mil Pb
Set up/sequencing notes: one view with object flat. best exposure at 40sec.
Scanning notes: laser power high, 12-bit logarithmic data scale, PMT 10, 50 micron scan resolution
Image manipulation notes: 4 files original, 4 with Industrex 6 edge filter applied
Subjects and Contexts
- Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs
