NMNH A391975: Gold-Plated Ornaments - 2-Headed Monkey

Primary Title:
NMNH A391975: Gold-Plated Ornaments - 2-Headed Monkey
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Gold-Plated Ornaments - 2-Headed Monkey
Keyword Type: Object Class
Pendant
Keyword Type: Object Sub-class
Zoo-Simian
Keyword Type: Owner Provenience Record Type
Accession docs/letters
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual Microscopy
Identifier: Object Number
NMNH A391975-0
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
A391975-0
Identifier: Owner Catalog Number
181570
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Open back cast double headed monkey pendant holding double wire tail around head with seven S scroll decorative elements. Single body, pair of arms, phallus, and pair of legs. Arms have high, pointed elbows and wire hands. Legs have snake anklets with wire decoration. Feet are broad, flat, and toeless. Single suspension loop in open back. Noses are large and bulbous, wire mouths, coffee bean eyes, S scroll ears.
Note: Owner Accession
Gold-plated ornaments from shaft tombs in vicinity of Sona, Veraguas Panama. presented to teh US national Museum by Mr.Karl P. Curtis. Some were collected by the donor but a majority were acquired from juan Graticos "a professional tomb looter of Sona"
Note: Condition Review
Coated with clear coating. Past restoration including re-adhesion of two S spiral decorations that had broken off of tail. They appear backed with some bakelite-type material. Several holes, including in PR hip, and PL forehead may be from casting or from corrosion and dissolution. Edges of some of the S scrolls are broken revealing black core under surface. Gold surface almost entirely intact.
Note: Follow-up Notes
Follow-up. XRF different elements. X-Radiography could be useful to show whether joinery is all in cast.
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF X-ray radiograph
Time Period: Examination Date
11/17/2008
Place: Object Origin
Geographic Zone: VGC-Pacific Country: Panama Province: Veraguas Site: Sona, Shaft Tombs In Vicinity Of Place Time Period: Site Period
Place: Curation Location
Local place: 1103A00403
Actor: Object Excavator
Sr.Juan Gratacos (?)
Actor: Owner Accession Source
Curtis, Karl P; 1949-Jan-13; Gift; 13 specimens
Actor: Object Owner
NMNH
Actor: Examination Operator
ACH
Condition: Corrosion
Note: Green-surface; Black-core. At broken S scrolls, black mineralized interior visible. Green boitroital clusters of green corrosion overs ome areas of the surface.
Condition: Coloration
Note: Gold
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Materials:
Gold Alloy
Technique: Fabrication Method
Cast- Open Back Note: Molding of elements appears similar to wax model. Back appears rough inside heads. Suspension loop is warped, either from casting or use. Hammered feet?
Technique: Joinery
Note: All cast. Many lines at the joins, most likely retained from wax model. Joins appear 'smeared' in areas from the joining of two wax elements
Technique: Finishing
Note: Surface Enrichment Polished
Measurements:
Type:Number of Components Value:1 Units:components
PIDTypeTitleMetadataURL
si_2769197A391975 20090304-adj for pid si_2769197A391975 20090304-adj
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A391975 20090304-adj
Abstract
NMNH A391975 overall, X-radiograph (2009)
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A391975_02dec08_XRF1+2
Abstract
NMNH A391975 overall, recto - with XRF (2008 ElvaX) analysis spots #1 and #2 indicated
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si_2769199A391975_02dec08_XRF3 for pid si_2769199A391975_02dec08_XRF3
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A391975_02dec08_XRF3
Abstract
NMNH A391975 overall, recto - with XRF (2008 ElvaX) analysis spot #3 indicated
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si_2769200A391975_a_20081126_ach for pid si_2769200A391975_a_20081126_ach
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A391975_a_20081126_ach
Abstract
NMNH A391975 overall, recto (2008)
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si_2769201A391975_b_20081126_ach for pid si_2769201A391975_b_20081126_ach
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A391975_b_20081126_ach
Abstract
NMNH A391975 overall, verso (2008)
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si_2769202A391975_c_20081126_ach for pid si_2769202A391975_c_20081126_ach
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A391975_c_20081126_ach
Abstract
NMNH A391975 overall, verso (2008)
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si_568e851571b6bCSV iconAnalysis Results (NMNH 3919750)
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ACH
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Unpublished material
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Analysis Results (NMNH 3919750)
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tabular digital data
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11/17/2008
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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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Unpublished material
Idinfo/taxonomy/taxonsys/classsys/classcit/citeinfo/geoform
database
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Species
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Sensitive
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None
Dataqual/lineage/method/methodid/methkey
None
Dataqual/lineage/method/methdesc
Visual Microscopy
Dataqual/lineage/method/methdesc[2]
Analysis: XRF X-ray radiograph
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Point
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Voxel
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Decimal degrees
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feet
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Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
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Attribute values
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Unknown
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Mailing
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Mailing
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FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metainfo/metstdv
1999
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None
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