NMAI 008223: Frog Effigy

Primary Title:
NMAI 008223: Frog Effigy
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Frog Effigy
Keyword Type: Object Class
Pendant
Keyword Type: Object Sub-class
Zoo-Frog
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual Microscopy
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
NMAI 008223.000
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Small open back cast frog pendant with suspension loops for hands, thin diagonal legs, and thin flat feet. Bead eyes and cast wire lips.
Note: Owner Accession
Central America, Panama, Bocas del Toro Province, Bocas del Toro District, Bocas del Toro
Note: Research Notes
(transferred to MCI for analysis July 2009)
Note: Condition Review
Missing PL suspension loop. There are cracks in the lips at the proper right side. Brown accretions present in the interior of the open back.
Note: Follow-up Notes
Break edges present and no corrosion.. good candidate for ESEM-EDS to see if there is surface enrichment
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF X-ray radiograph ESEM-EDS
Time Period: Owner Accession Date
1906
Time Period: Examination Date
1/20/2009
Place: Object Origin
Geographic Zone: VGC-Caribbean, Bocas del Toro District Country: Panama Province: Bocas del Toro Province Site: Place Time Period: Site Period
Place: Curation Location
Local place: CRC
Actor: Object Excavator
Dissette, George C.
Actor: Owner Accession Source
Dissette, George C. (Collected, 1/1/1906)
Actor: Object Owner
NMAI
Actor: Examination Operator
ACH
Condition: Corrosion
Note: no corrosion visible at break edges
Condition: Coloration
Note: Coppery gold color.. interior appears even more coppery
Condition: Usewear Toolmarks
Note: scratches from polishing
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Materials:
Gold Alloy Note: Gold alloy
Technique: Fabrication Method
Cast- Open Back Note: Pitted porous surface on interior,
Technique: Joinery
Note: All in wax model
Technique: Finishing
Note: Possible surface enrichment as the interior is very coppery colored. Surface is highly polished except at interior of back
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8223_1
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NMAI 8223 detail 1 - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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NMAI 8223 detail 2 - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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NMAI 8223 detail 3 - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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NMAI 8223 detail 3 with elemental map for silver - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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8223_3_Au
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NMAI 8223 detail 3 with elemental map for gold - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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8223_3_Au_Ag_Cu
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NMAI 8223 detail 3 with elemental map for gold-silver-copper - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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8223_3_Cu
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NMAI 8223 detail 3 with elemental map for copper - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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8223_4
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NMAI 8223 detail 4 - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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NMAI 8223 detail 5 - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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8223_6
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NMAI 8223 detail 6 - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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8223_7
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NMAI 8223 detail 7 - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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8223_8
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NMAI 8223 detail 8 - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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NMAI 8223 detail 9 - ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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NMAI 8223 detail, photomicrograph (2009)
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NMAI 8223 overall, recto (2009)
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NMAI 8223 overall, verso (2009)
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si_568e851556191CSV iconAnalysis Results (NMAI 8223)
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Analysis Results (NMAI 8223)
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Visual Microscopy
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Analysis: XRF X-ray radiograph ESEM-EDS
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