NMAI 232351: Monkey Effigy

Primary Title:
NMAI 232351: Monkey Effigy
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Monkey Effigy
Keyword Type: Object Class
Sheathing
Keyword Type: Object Sub-class
Zoo-Monkey
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual Microscopy Sampled
Identifier: Object Number
NMAI 232351
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
232351
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Animal figurine in resin (copal?) with gold alloy sheathing over the front legs, back legs, and tail. The sheathing is in three sections, one covering the two front legs and feet, another over the back legs and feet, and a tail section that folds back and curls at the end. There is a punched hole on either side of the front legs
Note: Owner Accession
Central America, Panama, Herrera Province, Parita District, Parita, Península de Azuero
Note: Research Notes
(transferred to MCI for analysis July 2009). Loose pieces placed in vial for FTIR and GC-MS
Note: Condition Review
The resin is flaking off the surface at the face and iback. The surface of the resin appears oxidized and brittle. There are dark brown accretions in the crevices between gold sheathing and resin. There is white accretion present in the curl of the tail on the sheathing. There are several large dents in the sheathing, one on the top of the tail, another on the PL front leg. A section of resin on the face has broken off and there are loose pieces of resin present in a polyethylene bag. Coated with clear coating
Note: Follow-up Notes
Special Sample taken
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF X-ray radiograph ESEM-EDS Other: FTIR and GC-MS of loose resin.
Time Period: Owner Accession Date
1963
Time Period: Examination Date
1/29/2009
Place: Object Origin
Geographic Zone: Azuero Peninsula, Parita District Country: Panama Province: Herrera Province Site: El Hatillo, Site He-4 Place Time Period: Site Period
Place: Curation Location
Local place: CRC
Actor: Object Excavator
Dade, Philip
Actor: Owner Accession Source
Stephenson, Alexander (Gift or Presentation/Presented, 1/1/1963)
Actor: Object Owner
NMAI
Actor: Examination Operator
ACH
Condition: Corrosion
Note: No corrosion present
Condition: Coloration
Note: The gold sheathing has a gold surface coloration
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Materials:
Gold Alloy Resin Composite Note: Resin, most likely copal and gold alloy wheathing
Technique: Fabrication Method
Hammered-Sheathing Note: Thin gold sheathing over the resin core
Technique: Joinery
Note: Other/Unknown
Technique: Finishing
Note: The sheathing is highly polished
Measurements:
Type:Number of Components Value:1 Units:components
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NMAI 232351 overall - X-radiograph (2009)
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NMAI 232351 detail - photomicrograph (2009)
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NMAI 232351 overall, proper left (2009)
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NMAI 232351 overall, proper left (2009)
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NMAI 232351 overall, proper right (2009)
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NMAI 232351 overall, proper right (2009)
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NMAI 232351 overall, proper right (2009)
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NMAI 232351 overall, recto (2009)
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NMAI 232351 overall, recto (2009)
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si_568e851505dbcCSV iconAnalysis Results (NMAI 232351)
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ACH
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Unpublished material
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Analysis Results (NMAI 232351)
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tabular digital data
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1/29/2009
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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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database
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Species
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Unknown
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Unknown
Idinfo/secinfo/secclass
Sensitive
Dataqual/lineage/method/methodid/methkt
None
Dataqual/lineage/method/methodid/methkey
None
Dataqual/lineage/method/methdesc
Visual Microscopy Sampled
Dataqual/lineage/method/methdesc[2]
Analysis: XRF X-ray radiograph ESEM-EDS Other: FTIR and GC-MS of loose resin.
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Point
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Voxel
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Decimal degrees
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feet
Spref/vertdef/altsys/altenc
Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
Spref/vertdef/depthsys/depthem
Attribute values
Eainfo/detailed/attr/attrmfrq
Unknown
Distinfo/distrib/cntinfo/cntaddr/addrtype
Mailing
Metainfo/metc/cntinfo/cntaddr/addrtype
Mailing
Metainfo/metstdn
FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metainfo/metstdv
1999
Metainfo/metsi/metsc
None
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