NMAI 008279: Bird Effigy
- Primary Title:
- NMAI 008279: Bird Effigy
- Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
- Bird Effigy
- Keyword Type: Object Class
- Pendant
- Keyword Type: Object Sub-class
- Zoo-Bird
- Keyword Type: Exam Methods
- Visual Microscopy
- Identifier: Owner Accession Number
- NMAI 008279.000
- Note: Owner Information Source
- PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
- Note: Object Description
- Small open back bird pendant in sitting/floating position with a cast wire neck and head coming out of the body, perpendicular to the plane of the wings and tail. The body is a small bump and the suspension loop is present directly above the body where the head would normally be. The tail and wings are thin and flat (0.031-0.026"). 5.3g
- Note: Owner Accession
- Panama; Chiriquí Province; Bugaba District; Bugabita Arriba
- Note: Condition Review
- There are some loss along the edges of the wings and tail. There are some scratches in the surface
- Note: Follow-up Notes
- Special. There may be investment material present.
- Note: Analysis Recommendations
- XRF X-ray radiograph ESEM-EDS
- Time Period: Owner Accession Date
- 1906
- Time Period: Examination Date
- 12/11/2008
- Place: Object Origin
- Geographic Zone: VGC-Pacific, Bugaba District Country: Panama Province: Chiriquí Province Site: Bugabita Arriba 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
- ACH
- Condition: Corrosion
- Note: Green-surface. There is some green corrosion around the head and eyes
- Condition: Coloration
- Note: coppery colored
- Condition: Usewear Toolmarks
- Note: Core/Investment. Black material on interior of body
- Condition: Pseudomorphs
- Note: None
- Materials:
- Gold Alloy Note: some green corrosion
- Technique: Fabrication Method
- Cast- Open Back Note: There is some black accretion in the interior of the body on the reverse, perhaps remnants of the investment.
- Technique: Joinery
- Note: all in wax model
- Technique: Finishing
- Note: Polished. shiny surface
- Measurements:
- Type:Number of Components Value:1 Units:components
| PID | Type | Title | Metadata | URL |
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| si_2770873 | 8279 x1 DSC_5232 |
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| si_2770874 | 008279 17dec08 ach DSC_4873 |
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| si_2770875 | 008279 17dec08 ach DSC_4874 |
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| si_2770876 | 008279 17dec08 ach DSC_4875 |
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| si_2770877 | 8279_a 20081217 ach |
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| si_2770878 | 8279_b 20081217 ach |
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| si_2770879 | 8279_c 20081217 ach |
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| si_568e85155e58d |  | Analysis Results (NMAI 8279) |
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