Pair Panamanian Gold Chisels

Circa 500 to 1500 AD Fine utilitarian objects of tapered shape hammered with wide curved blade head for cutting opposite a pointed side (one missing tip) Sizes 3 inches (7.6cm) & 3.5 inches (8.9cm) H. L.; weight  16.94g. The two XRF analyses show different gold alloy compositions tested by Manhattan Gold & Silver Inc. using an ElvaX spectrometer. First Sample (12.8K Gold)Gold (Au): 53.40 ± 0.15%Silver (Ag): 3.85 ± 0.08%Copper (Cu): 42.59 ± 0.14%Iron (Fe): 0.16 ± 0.04% Second Sample (17.6K Gold)Gold (Au): 73.62 ± 0.15%Silver (Ag): 3.71 ± 0.05%Copper (Cu): 22.67 ± 0.13% Provenance: From the estate of Christian Illies (1947-2014), Opelika, Alabama who inherited the collection from his grandfather, Ferdinand Grebien (1877-1976).  Christian Illies’ grandfather, Ferdinand Grebien was born in Austria in 1887 and arrived in Panama in 1911 to work on the construction of the canal. In Colon he founded Grebien, Martinz, a major private construction firm, (with more than 1000 employees) th