NMAI 165034: Ornament

Primary Title:
NMAI 165034: Ornament
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Ornament
Keyword Type: Object Class
Ornament
Keyword Type: Object Sub-class
Zoo-Bird
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual Microscopy
Identifier: Object Number
NMAI 165034
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
165034
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Small gold alloy open-cast bird pendant (bead?) with single suspension loop in back, bead eyes, and small hooked beak
Note: Owner Accession
Panama. Collected and presented by Samuel K Lothrop
Note: Research Notes
no further location information
Note: Condition Review
Partially coated with lacquer that is slightly yellowing. Brown accretion in interior of open-back. There are several black fibres adhered to the suspension loop
Note: Follow-up Notes
No break edges
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF X-ray radiograph
Time Period: Excavation Date
1929
Time Period: Examination Date
1/27/2009
Place: Object Origin
Geographic Zone: Country: Panama Province: Site: Place Time Period: Site Period
Place: Curation Location
Local place: CRC
Actor: Object Excavator
Lothrop, Samuel Kirkland
Actor: Owner Accession Source
Lothrop, Samuel Kirkland (Collected and Given/Collected and Presented, 1/1/1929)
Actor: Object Owner
NMAI
Actor: Examination Operator
ACH
Condition: Corrosion
Note: No corrosion
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Materials:
Gold Alloy Note: Gold alloy
Technique: Fabrication Method
Cast- Open Back Note: Some surface porosity and pitting.
Technique: Joinery
Note: All in wax model
Technique: Finishing
Note: Surface of obverse is highly polished
Measurements:
Type:Number of Components Value:1 Units:components
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si_2771206165034_b 20090414 ach for pid si_2771206165034_b 20090414 achDownload
si_2771207165034_c 20090414 ach for pid si_2771207165034_c 20090414 achDownload
si_2771208165034_d 20090414 ach for pid si_2771208165034_d 20090414 achDownload
si_568e8514ed29eCSV iconAnalysis Results (NMAI 165034)Download