NMNH A403136: Gold-Plated Ornament/1

Primary Title:
NMNH A403136: Gold-Plated Ornament/1
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Gold-Plated Ornament/1
Keyword Type: Object Class
Pendant
Keyword Type: Object Sub-class
?
Keyword Type: Owner Provenience Record Type
Accession docs/letters
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual Microscopy
Identifier: Object Number
NMNH A403136-0
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
A403136-0
Identifier: Owner Catalog Number
188983
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Open back cast double headed bird pendant with hemispherical bell with clapper for body, two projecting feet at top, bell eyes with clappers on both sides, two hooked open beaks, each with fleshy protuberances at the top, geometrical patterned necklace/gorget on both necks. The wings and tail are thin flat bands and the wings are decorated with raised circles and cast wire line. A single suspension loop is present in the back of the neck
Note: Owner Accession
"Ornaments from Veraguas, Panama tombs purchased by M.W. Stirling in Panama" Accession docs
Note: Research Notes
Analyzed (Cal #0001) 16 carat
Note: Condition Review
Fragmentary and extremely brittle. Most of the pendant is missing, including parts of the wings and tail, although some are retained as fragments in a polyethylene bag. The gold surface is flaking off in some areas, revealing a black, mineralized core. there is green corrosion over the surface and a light brown/pinkish accretion over the surface (burial soil?). The suspension loop is broken also revealing black mineralized core
Note: Follow-up Notes
CAL # 0001. Heavily mineralized so might not show much. See CAL # 0001 Spectrographic analysis
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF
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; Black-core. All of the break edges show a black mineralized core and there is also some green corrosion over the surface
Condition: Coloration
Note: Gold
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
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
Measurements:
Type:Number of Components Value:1 Units:components
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A403136_03dec08_XRF1
Abstract
NMNH A403136 overall, recto - with XRF (2008 ElvaX) analysis spot #1 indicated
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TitleInfo/title
A403136_03dec08_XRF1a
Abstract
NMNH A403136 overall, recto - with XRF (2008 ElvaX) analysis spot #1a indicated
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A403136_a_20081128_ach
Abstract
NMNH A403136 overall, recto (2008)
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A403136_b_20081128_ach
Abstract
NMNH A403136 overall, recto (2008)
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A403136_c_20081128_ach
Abstract
NMNH A403136 overall, recto (2008)
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A403136_d_20081128_ach
Abstract
NMNH A403136 overall, recto (2008)
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A403136_e_20081128_ach
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NMNH A403136 overall, verso (2008)
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A403136_f_20081128_ach
Abstract
NMNH A403136 overall, verso (2008)
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si_568e85157621cCSV iconAnalysis Results (NMNH 4031360)
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ACH
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Unpublished material
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Analysis Results (NMNH 4031360)
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tabular digital data
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11/19/2008
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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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Unpublished material
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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
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None
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Visual Microscopy
Dataqual/lineage/method/methdesc[2]
Analysis: XRF
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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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