NMAI 240668: Pendant, zoomorphic (eagle)

Primary Title:
NMAI 240668: Pendant, zoomorphic (eagle)
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Pendant Representing Eagle
Keyword Type: Object Class
Pendant
Keyword Type: Object Sub-class
Zoo-Bird
Keyword Type: Owner Provenience Record Type
Accession docs/letters
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual Microscopy
Identifier: Object Number
NMAI 240668
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
240668
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Open back cast bird pendant with double scroll protrusion from top of beak, open hooked beak, and ball in ring eyes. The body is not differentiated from the wings and tail but is thin and flat. The U-shaped cast wire feet project straight out of the flat body directly under the neck. There is a triple cast wire collar/gorget on the bird, and a single suspension loop at the base of the neck on the reverse. The wings are thin (0.032"), flat, crescent shapes and the tail is thin and flat as well(0.031"). 43.2g
Note: Owner Accession
Panama; Veraguas Province; Soná District; ; Saddle, Río Grande. Excavated by Eva and Neville Harte. Presented by Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Sackler
Note: Condition Review
Excellent condition. No breaks or cracks.
Note: Follow-up Notes
No break edges
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF X-ray radiograph
Time Period: Examination Date
12/16/2008
Place: Object Origin
Geographic Zone: VGC-Pacific, Soná District Country: Panama Province: Veraguas Province Site: Saddle, Rio Grande Place Time Period: Site Period
Place: Curation Location
Local place: CRC
Actor: Object Excavator
Harte, Eva and Neville A.
Actor: Owner Accession Source
Sackler, Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. (Collected and Given/Collected and Presented, 1/1/1967)
Actor: Object Owner
NMAI
Actor: Examination Operator
ACH
Condition: Corrosion
Note: No corrosion
Condition: Coloration
Note: Gold
Condition: Usewear Toolmarks
Note: Abrasion Scratches. Clear evidence of polishing in regular striations/scratches
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Materials:
Gold Alloy Note: Likely gold-copper alloy
Technique: Fabrication Method
Cast- Open Back Hammered-Sheet Note: The pendant was cast as there are casting blips throughout and flaws, and areas that are not polished retain a porous, pitted surface. The wings and tail, however, retain some evidence of hammering as there are some hammering flaws (blips that have been hammered flat), facets, and irregular edges.
Technique: Joinery
Note: All in wax model
Technique: Finishing
Note: Surface Enrichment Polished. There is evidence of polishing, especially on the neck where the porous, pitted surface has been partially flattened and there are regular striations visible in the surface.
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Type:Number of Components Value:1 Units:components
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NMAI 240668 overall, verso - with XRF (2008 ElvaX) analysis spot #1 indicated
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240668 17dec08 ach DSC_4966
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NMAI 240668 overall, recto (2008)
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240668 17dec08 ach DSC_4967
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NMAI 240668 overall, recto (2008)
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240668 17dec08 ach DSC_4971
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NMAI 240668 overall, verso (2008)
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240668 17dec08 ach DSC_4972
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NMAI 240668 overall, verso (2008)
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240668 17dec08 ach DSC_4973
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NMAI 240668 overall, recto (2008)
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240668 17dec08 ach DSC_4974
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NMAI 240668 overall, recto (2008)
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240668 20081216 ach DSCN0077
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NMAI 240668 detail - photomicrograph (2008)
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240668 20081216 ach DSCN0078
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NMAI 240668 detail - photomicrograph (2008)
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240668 20081216 ach DSCN0079
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NMAI 240668 detail - photomicrograph (2008)
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240668 20081216 ach DSCN0080
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NMAI 240668 detail - photomicrograph (2008)
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240668 20081216 ach DSCN0081
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NMAI 240668 detail - photomicrograph (2008)
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240668 20081216 ach DSCN0082
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NMAI 240668 detail - photomicrograph (2008)
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240668_a 20081217 ach
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NMAI 240668 overall, recto (2008)
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240668_b 20081217 ach
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NMAI 240668 overall, recto (2008)
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240668_c 20081217 ach
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NMAI 240668 overall, verso (2008)
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240668_d 20081217 ach
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NMAI 240668 overall, recto (2008)
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si_568e85151f76dCSV iconAnalysis Results (NMAI 240668)
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ACH
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Unpublished material
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Analysis Results (NMAI 240668)
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tabular digital data
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12/16/2008
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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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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
Dataqual/lineage/method/methdesc[2]
Analysis: XRF X-ray radiograph
Spdoinfo/direct
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
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Unknown
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Mailing
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Mailing
Metainfo/metstdn
FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metainfo/metstdv
1999
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None
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