NMNH A403134: Gold-Plated Ornament/1

Primary Title:
NMNH A403134: Gold-Plated Ornament/1
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Gold-Plated Ornament/1
Keyword Type: Object Class
Pendant
Keyword Type: Object Sub-class
Anthro
Keyword Type: Owner Provenience Record Type
Accession docs/letters
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual Microscopy
Identifier: Object Number
NMNH A403134-0
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
A403134-0
Identifier: Owner Catalog Number
188983
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Small anthropomorphic open back cast pendant with single suspension loop at back, large cast wire lips, no nose, coffee bean in ring eyes, headdress, double spiral earrings, raised U-wire hands, phallus, and small globular breasts/nipples.
Note: Owner Accession
"Ornaments from Veraguas, Panama tombs purchased by M.W. Stirling in Panama" Accession docs
Note: Research Notes
Analyzed (Cal #0001) 18 carat
Note: Condition Review
Fragmentary, brittle, and losses at the PL leg, PR foot, and headdress. Completely covered in light brown accretion (burial soil). Burrs of the enriched gold surface remain on some break edges. Does not appear to have been extensively cleaned as soil is still present on most surfaces. Loose flakes of gold surface and fragments are packaged separately in polyethylene bag
Note: Follow-up Notes
CAL # 0001. See CAL #0001 Sample or photos of sample may be extant heavily mineralized but X-ray may show details obscured by soil loose flakes and powdered interior are packaged separately in polyethylene bag and could be sampled
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF X-ray radiograph Metallography
Time Period: Examination Date
11/19/2008
Place: Object Origin
Geographic Zone: VGC Country: Panama Province: Veraguas Site: No info Place Time Period: Site Period
Place: Curation Location
Local place: 1103A00403
Actor: Object Excavator
Purchased by M.W. Stirling (1948)
Actor: Owner Accession Source
Bureau Of American Ethnology; 1953-Mar-05; Transfer; 127 specimens
Actor: Object Owner
NMNH
Actor: Examination Operator
ACH
Condition: Corrosion
Note: Red-core; Black-core. At the break edges, the interior appears black and reddish-black. A very small amount of light green corrosion is visible underneath the soil on the back interior of the pendant
Condition: Coloration
Note: Where the surface is visible under the soil, it appears gold
Style: Object Style
"Classic Veraguas Culture (1000-1500 AD)"
Materials:
Gold Alloy
Technique: Fabrication Method
Cast- Open Back
Technique: Joinery
Note: No evidence of joinery outside of wax model
Technique: Finishing
Note: Surface Enrichment Polished . Where visible, the surface appears shiny and compact and is flaking off the black mineralized substrate at break edges
Measurements:
Type:Number of Components Value:1 Units:components
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A403134_a_20081126_ach
Abstract
NMNH A403134 overall, recto (2008)
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A403134_b_20081126_ach
Abstract
NMNH A403134 overall, recto (2008)
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A403134_c_20081126_ach
Abstract
NMNH A403134 overall, verso (2008)
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A403134_d_20081126_ach
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NMNH A403134 overall, verso (2008)
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si_568e851575dabCSV iconAnalysis Results (NMNH 4031340)
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ACH
Idinfo/citation/citeinfo/pubdate
Unpublished material
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Analysis Results (NMNH 4031340)
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tabular digital data
Idinfo/timeperd/timeinfo/rngdates/begdate
11/19/2008
Idinfo/timeperd/current
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
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database
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Species
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Unknown
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Unknown
Idinfo/secinfo/secclass
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 X-ray radiograph Metallography
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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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Unknown
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Mailing
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Mailing
Metainfo/metstdn
FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metainfo/metstdv
1999
Metainfo/metsi/metsc
None
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