NMNH A403135: Gold-Plated Ornament/1

Primary Title:
NMNH A403135: Gold-Plated Ornament/1
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Gold-Plated Ornament/1
Keyword Type: Object Class
Pendant
Keyword Type: Object Sub-class
Zoo-Frog
Keyword Type: Owner Provenience Record Type
Accession docs/letters
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual Microscopy
Identifier: Object Number
NMNH A403135-0
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
A403135-0
Identifier: Owner Catalog Number
188983
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Open back cast frog pendant with ball in ring eyes, suspension loops in place of arms, globular nose, flat, thin feet. Hind legs are bulges on body (Lothrop, Veraguas, fig.96a)
Note: Owner Accession
"Ornaments from Veraguas, Panama tombs purchased by M.W. Stirling in Panama" Accession docs
Note: Condition Review
Coated with clear resin. There are some break edges along the feet and in the PL eye. Some loss of the PL foot. Otherwise in good condition. Green corrosion on surface that appears to have been mostly cleaned off and there is remaining beige accretions on the surface.
Note: Follow-up Notes
Special Followup. ESEM-EDS, may be interesting because of dendritic pattern and exposed break edge of eye and PL foot.
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF X-ray radiograph ESEM-EDS
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: Green-surface. Some green corrosion on surface
Condition: Coloration
Note: Coppery; Gold; Mixed. Perhaps due to cleaning, the surface appears gold in some areas, especially at the interior of the back, and dark coppery in others, particularly at the feet and back legs
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Materials:
Gold Alloy Note: There is some variation in the color from more gold colored surfaces to more coppery colored surfaces. There is a clear dendritic pattern on the surface
Technique: Fabrication Method
Cast- Open Back Note: Dendritic pattern on the surface
Technique: Joinery
Note: No evidence of joinery outside of wax model
Technique: Finishing
Note: Surface Enrichment Polished. The gold areas are shiny and the variation in color in abraded and broken areas indicates surface enrichment
Measurements:
Type:Number of Components Value:1 Units:components
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si_2769475A403135_a_20081126_ach for pid si_2769475A403135_a_20081126_ach
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A403135_a_20081126_ach
Abstract
NMNH A403135 overall, recto (2008)
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A403135_b_20081126_ach
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NMNH A403135 overall, recto (2008)
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A403135_c_20081126_ach
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NMNH A403135 overall, recto (2008)
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A403135_d_20081126_ach
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NMNH A403135 overall, verso (2008)
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A403135_e_20081126_ach
Abstract
NMNH A403135 overall, verso (2008)
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A403135_f_20081126_ach
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NMNH A403135 overall, proper right side (2008)
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A403135_g_20081126_ach
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NMNH A403135 overall, proper right side (2008)
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A403135_h_20081126_ach
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NMNH A403135 overall, proper right side (2008)
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si_2769483A403135_i_20081126_ach for pid si_2769483A403135_i_20081126_ach
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A403135_i_20081126_ach
Abstract
NMNH A403135 overall, proper right side (2008)
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A403135_j_20081126_ach
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NMNH A403135 overall, proper right side (2008)
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A403135_k_20081126_ach
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NMNH A403135 overall, proper left side (2008)
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si_568e851575fd8CSV iconAnalysis Results (NMNH 4031350)
Idinfo/citation/citeinfo/origin
ACH
Idinfo/citation/citeinfo/pubdate
Unpublished material
Idinfo/citation/citeinfo/title
Analysis Results (NMNH 4031350)
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tabular digital data
Idinfo/timeperd/timeinfo/rngdates/begdate
11/19/2008
Idinfo/timeperd/current
observed
Idinfo/status/progress
Done
Idinfo/status/update
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
Idinfo/taxonomy/keywtax/taxonkey
None
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Unpublished material
Idinfo/taxonomy/taxonsys/classsys/classcit/citeinfo/geoform
database
Idinfo/taxonomy/taxoncl/taxonrn
Species
Idinfo/taxonomy/taxoncl/taxonrv
Unknown
Idinfo/taxonomy/taxoncl/common
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 ESEM-EDS
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Point
Spdoinfo/rastinfo/rasttype
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
Attribute values
Eainfo/detailed/attr/attrmfrq
Unknown
Distinfo/distrib/cntinfo/cntaddr/addrtype
Mailing
Metainfo/metc/cntinfo/cntaddr/addrtype
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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