MARTA Ao-1-0030: Pendant, zoomorphic (crocodile)

Primary Title:
MARTA Ao-1-0030: Pendant, zoomorphic (crocodile)
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Pendiente cocodrilo fenestrado
Keyword Type: Object Class
pendant
Keyword Type: Object Sub-class
zoo reptile
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Wild microscope
Identifier: Object Number
MARTA Ao-1-0030
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
Ao-1-0030
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; MCI PNA Gold
Note: Object Description
number on object 0030. MARTA Excel: Pendiente cocodrilo fenestrado. INAC: Figura zoomorfa. (Lagarto) ojos ranurados y hocico con aros. Cuerpo con perforaciones rectangulares simulando escamas y la cola curvada. Tumbaga, Cera perdida. Estado de la pieza: Buena. La pieza tiene en la extremidad derecha delantera y en la trasera presenta pequeno faltante.
Note: Condition Review
delamination btn gilding/substrate metal, mostly along outer edges, some perfor edges. Some intergranular green corosion products in exposed substrate. espec in perfor edges where wax model less finished and gold less burnished. Uniform coating of carbon-rich soot (?).
Note: Housing Notes
Rebagged in polyethylene ziplock bag with Tyvek tag insert.
Note: Analysis Recommendations
sample the core
Time Period: Condition Review Date
7/17/2007
Time Period: Conservation Date
17 July 2007
Time Period: Examination Date
7/17/2007
Time Period: Conservation Record Creation Date
13 July 2007
Time Period: Conservation Record Last Modification Date
4 August 2007
Place: Object Origin
Geographic Zone: Country: Province: Site: Place Time Period: Site Period
Place: Curation Location
Local place: MARTA
Actor: Object Owner
MARTA
Actor: Examination Operator
K Cobb with HFB, CMP, TLH
Actor: Condition Review Operator
Cobb-Beaubien-Pohl-Hornung
Actor: Conservation Operator
Beaubien
Condition: Usewear Toolmarks
Note: Blade edge marks at corners of some perforations (from wax stage)
Technique: Fabrication Method
cast Note: Cast, lost wax, no visible sprue (guess: probably at head). Thickness at 1.9-0.9 body. Details present in wax included: eyes, nose, mouth decorated with wax wires; rectangular perforations cut from front to back, with burrs on back softened with heat; wax wire loop attached on underside of PR front foot
Treatment: Conservation Performed
Note: 2007: Surface cleaned/degreased with acetone on cotton swab, avoiding resin patch with acc.#. Previous treatment info: Lavado en Canasol 23 Nov 1995.
Measurements:
Peso: 30 grs. Largo: 8.8 cms. Ancho: 3.2 cms.
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si_568e851433073CSV iconAnalysis Results (MARTA Ao-1-0030)Download