NMAI 184604: Ornament Representing Tigers

Primary Title:
NMAI 184604: Ornament Representing Tigers
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Ornament Representing Tigers
Keyword Type: Object Class
Pendant
Keyword Type: Object Sub-class
Zoo
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual Microscopy
Identifier: Object Number
NMAI 184604
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
184604
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Large open back cast pendant of a jaguar head on human body with four monkeys surrounding it and a thin flat band framing it above and below. There are twisted cast wire snakes in the mouth and on the waist of the jaguar figure. There are decorative spirals and cast braided wire running along either side. There is a single suspension loop in the center of the back of the jaguar figure.
Note: Owner Accession
Panama; Chiriquí Province; David District; David
Note: Condition Review
Bad condition. Pendant is fragmentary with many losses, extensive cracking and a fragment maintained separately in a polyethylene bag. The pendant has been previously restored with adhesive and with two cerex bandages along the breaks in the knees. There is some loss of the gold surface layer.
Note: Follow-up Notes
Too corroded to analyze interior. Fragment present- could be placed in ESEM chamber.. but there is adhesive on it and it is heavily corroded
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF X-ray radiograph ESEM-EDS
Time Period: Owner Accession Date
1933
Time Period: Examination Date
1/27/2009
Place: Object Origin
Geographic Zone: VGC-Pacific, David District Country: Panama Province: Chiriquí Province Site: David Place Time Period: Site Period
Place: Curation Location
Local place: CRC
Actor: Owner Accession Source
Heye, Mrs. Thea (Gift or Presentation/Presented, 1/1/1933)
Actor: Object Owner
NMAI
Actor: Examination Operator
ACH
Condition: Corrosion
Note: Black-Core Green-Surface. All break edges and cracks reveal a black mineralized core and there is a slight amount of green surface corrosion
Condition: Coloration
Note: Gold; Coppery. Where present, the surface is gold colored.. areas that are abraided appear more coppery colored (clear difference in suface color)
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Materials:
Gold Alloy Note: Gold alloy. Gold surface with copper rich core
Technique: Fabrication Method
Cast- Open Back Note: Dendritic pattern visible on surface at the top band above the Jaguar head on the obverse. There is typical porosity in the interior of the open back.
Technique: Joinery
Note: All in wax model
Technique: Finishing
Note: Surface Enrichment Polished. There is a discreet gold layer on the surface with copper rich interior that is now mostly mineralized. The gold layer is polished
Measurements:
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ACH
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Analysis Results (NMAI 184604)
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1/27/2009
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observed
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Done
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As Needed
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None
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None
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None
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None
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None
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None
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Unpublished material
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Unknown
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Sensitive
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None
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None
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Visual Microscopy
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Analysis: XRF X-ray radiograph ESEM-EDS
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feet
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Mailing
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Mailing
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FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
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1999
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