NMAI 008264 A: Frog Effigy [#1 of 3]

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NMAI 008264 A: Frog Effigy [#1 of 3]
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Frog Effigy
Keyword Type: Object Class
Pendant
Keyword Type: Object Sub-class
Zoo-Frog
Identifier: Object Number
NMAI 8264.001
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
8264.001
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
12/12/2008. Largest of the gold frogs, marked R with a black star. Open back cast frog pendant with 4-wire double tongue ending in double spirals and connected with cast wire filets to the head. Ball in ring eyes and V shaped wire lip. The body is long and thin and the thin legs protrude out sharply in a diagonal from the body and is a doubled back cast wire tube. The feet also have a small bump above them, but are otherwise the typical thin, flat frog feet (0.038"-0.041"). 28.4g
Note: Owner Accession
Panama; Chiriquí Province; Bugaba District; Bugaba
Note: Research Notes
Largest of the gold frogs, marked R with a black star (transferred to MCI for analysis July 2009)
Note: Condition Review
Good condition. No corrosion, but there are some cracks in the feet at the edges. Has undergone conservation and been coated.
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF X-ray radiograph
Time Period: Owner Accession Date
1906
Time Period: Examination Date
ACH
Place: Object Origin
Geographic Zone: VGC-Pacific, Bugaba District Country: Panama Province: Chiriquí Province Site: Bugaba Place Time Period: Site Period
Place: Curation Location
Local place: CRC
Actor: Object Excavator
Utley, Frank D.
Actor: Owner Accession Source
Utley, Frank D. (Collected, 1/1/1906)
Actor: Object Owner
NMAI
Actor: Examination Operator
Visual Microscopy
Condition: Corrosion
Note: None
Condition: Coloration
Note: Gold
Condition: Usewear Toolmarks
Note: Scratches Burr(s). Some finishing may have been done as there are some angular surfaces as if they have been rasped or abraded down.
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Materials:
Gold Alloy
Technique: Fabrication Method
Cast- Open Back Note: The reverse/interior has typical porosity and pitting from casting and there are casting flaws and blips all over, particularly at the end of the proper left leg and on the suspension loops. The cracks in the edges of the feet could be from stresses developed from casting as there is no evidence of hammer marks or work hardening
Technique: Joinery
Note: All in wax model
Technique: Finishing
Note: Highly polished on obverse and raised areas. Some edges appear filed as they are angular. The edges of the feet, for instance, are angular and there are regular striations.
Measurements:
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si_568e85155b3acCSV iconAnalysis Results (NMAI 8264.001)
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Analysis: XRF X-ray radiograph
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feet
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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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