NMAI 234975: Pendant

Primary Title:
NMAI 234975: Pendant
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Pendant
Keyword Type: Object Class
Pendant
Keyword Type: Object Sub-class
Zoo
Keyword Type: Owner Provenience Record Type
Known Accession docs/letters
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual Microscopy
Identifier: Object Number
NMAI 234975
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
234975
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Double felid open back pendant with two sets of bodies, front legs, and back legs, connected by cast wires at the interior feet and at the back. Both animals have typical large curly tail. There is a suspension loop under the outer front foot of each animal. They have curved ears, cast wire mouths and teeth, ball in ring eyes, and triangular noses. Each animal has a patch of squares on top of the head surrounded by cast wire ring (hair?). 38.3g
Note: Owner Accession
Panama; Herrera Province; Ocú District; Las Palmas. Excavated in 1963 by Neville Harte
Note: Research Notes
Dockstader-Harte correspondence. Harte mentions excavation of this from Las Palmas in December 1963 (and fours other small specimens not to be sold)
Note: Bibliographic References
NMAI archives, Box FD #5, folder Harte letters, correspondence between Neville Harte and Dr.Dockstader
Note: Condition Review
Fragmentary. 14 small pieces are packaged separately, adhered to Tyvek. The PL side of the PL animal has broken off and there is a fragment at the front arm that is still tenuously attached. The pendant is brittle and the surface gold is flaking off, revealing a mineralized black core. There is a small amount of brown accretion in the crevices and spots of green corrosion.
Note: Follow-up Notes
Brittle and mineralized
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF X-ray radiograph
Time Period: Owner Accession Date
1964
Time Period: Examination Date
12/16/2008
Place: Object Origin
Geographic Zone: Azuero Peninsula-Parita, Ocú District Country: Panama Province: Herrera Province Site: Las Palmas Place Time Period: Site Period
Place: Curation Location
Local place:
Actor: Object Excavator
Harte, Neville (Excavated in 1963)
Actor: Owner Accession Source
Randel, Walter (Museum Purchase/Purchased, 1/1/1964)
Actor: Object Owner
NMAI
Actor: Examination Operator
ACH
Condition: Corrosion
Note: Green-Surface Black-Core. The core appears mineralized but there is only a very slight amount of green corrosion on the surface
Condition: Coloration
Note: The surface layer is gold
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Materials:
Gold Alloy Note: Gold surface with mineralized black interior
Technique: Fabrication Method
Cast- Open Back Note: Pitting and porosity.
Technique: Joinery
Note: All in wax model
Technique: Finishing
Note: Surface Enrichment Polished. The gold surface layer is flaking off the mineralized core
Measurements:
Type:Number of Components Value:1 Units:components
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si_2771797234975 x1 DSC_5180 for pid si_2771797234975 x1 DSC_5180
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234975 x1 DSC_5180
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NMAI 234975 overall - with XRF (2008 ElvaX) analysis spot #1 indicated
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234975 17dec08 ach DSC_5000
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NMAI 234975 overall, verso (2008)
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234975 17dec08 ach DSC_5002
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NMAI 234975 overall, verso (2008)
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234975 17dec08 ach DSC_5003
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NMAI 234975 overall, recto (2008)
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si_2771802234975 17dec08 ach DSC_5004 for pid si_2771802234975 17dec08 ach DSC_5004
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234975 17dec08 ach DSC_5004
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NMAI 234975 fragments (2008)
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si_2771803234975 17dec08 ach DSC_5005 for pid si_2771803234975 17dec08 ach DSC_5005
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234975 17dec08 ach DSC_5005
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NMAI 234975 fragments - tag (2008)
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si_2771804234975_a 20081217 ach for pid si_2771804234975_a 20081217 ach
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234975_a 20081217 ach
Abstract
NMAI 234975 overall, verso (2008)
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si_2771805234975_b 20081217 ach for pid si_2771805234975_b 20081217 ach
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234975_b 20081217 ach
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NMAI 234975 overall, recto (2008)
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si_2771806234975_c 20090414 ach for pid si_2771806234975_c 20090414 ach
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234975_c 20090414 ach
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NMAI 234975 fragments - tag (2008)
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si_2771807234975_d 20081217 ach for pid si_2771807234975_d 20081217 ach
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234975_d 20081217 ach
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NMAI 234975 fragments (2008)
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234975 17dec08 ach DSC_5001
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NMAI 234975 overall, verso (2008)
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si_568e85150ddb5CSV iconAnalysis Results (NMAI 234975)
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ACH
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Analysis Results (NMAI 234975)
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12/16/2008
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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
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feet
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Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
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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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