NMAI 008239: Bird Head Effigy

Primary Title:
NMAI 008239: Bird Head Effigy
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Bird Head Effigy
Keyword Type: Object Class
Pendant
Keyword Type: Object Sub-class
Zoo-Bird
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual Microscopy
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
NMAI 008239.000
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Open back cast bird pendant with suspension loop in the back of the neck, open hooked beak, ball eyes, earssmall hemispherical body with two projecting feet and thin flat wings and tail. 8.6g
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
Fragmentary and heavily corroded. The wings and tail are missing and there are losses in the ears and neck. The enriched gold surface is flaking and missing in the eyes, on the feet and suspension loop.
Note: Follow-up Notes
Break edges available but the core is relatively mineralized
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF ESEM-EDS X-ray radiograph
Time Period: Owner Accession Date
1906
Time Period: Examination Date
12/12/2008
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: Green-Surface; Black-core. Exposed break edges reveal black core and there is green corrosion on the surface, particularly on the back
Condition: Coloration
Note: The surface layer is gold
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Materials:
Gold Alloy Note: The surface is gold but the interior is more coppery or black and mineralized
Technique: Fabrication Method
Cast- Open Back Note: Casting blips on the surface on the reverse
Technique: Joinery
Note: All in wax model
Technique: Finishing
Note: Surface Enrichment Polished. The surface is a thin layer of gold and appears shiny
Measurements:
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NMAI 8238 and 8239 overall, preparation for ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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NMAI 8238 and 8239 overall, preparation for ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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8238-8239 20090826 ach DSC06403
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NMAI 8238 and 8239 overall, preparation for ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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8239 x1 DSC_5217
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NMAI 8239 overall, verso - with XRF (2008 ElvaX) analysis spot #1 indicated
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NMAI 8239 overall, recto (2008)
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NMAI 8239 overall, recto (2008)
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NMAI 8239 overall, verso (2008)
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NMAI 8239 overall, verso (2008)
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NMAI 8239 overall, verso (2008)
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NMAI 8239 overall, recto (2008)
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si_568e8515597d2CSV iconAnalysis Results (NMAI 8239)
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ACH
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Unpublished material
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Analysis Results (NMAI 8239)
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tabular digital data
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12/12/2008
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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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None
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None
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database
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Unknown
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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 ESEM-EDS X-ray radiograph
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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
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Unknown
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Mailing
Metainfo/metc/cntinfo/cntaddr/addrtype
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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