NMNH A403138: Gold-Plated Ornament/1

Primary Title:
NMNH A403138: Gold-Plated Ornament/1
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Gold-Plated Ornament/1
Keyword Type: Object Class
Pendant
Keyword Type: Object Sub-class
Zoo-Felid?
Keyword Type: Owner Provenience Record Type
Accession docs/letters
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual Microscopy
Identifier: Object Number
NMNH A403138-0
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
A403138-0
Identifier: Owner Catalog Number
188983
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Open back cast jaguar pendant with long tail, cast wire lips and teeth, globular eyes, raised ears, and no nostrils. The two front paws act as suspension loops
Note: Owner Accession
"Ornaments from Veraguas, Panama tombs purchased by M.W. Stirling in Panama" Accession docs
Note: Condition Review
Fragmentary and broken in three parts. Missing part of the tail, ears, and PR front leg. The whole pendant is covered in a light brown accretion that appears to be burial soil.
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.; Green-core. Interior appears black and mineralized with pockets of green corrosion and there is a light green corrosion over the gold surface that is visible under the light brown soil. Strange coppery/red tarnish on PL leg (see photo)
Condition: Coloration
Note: Gold
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
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. Distinct gold layer on surface over mineralized interior
Measurements:
Type:Number of Components Value:1 Units:components
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si_568e851576699CSV iconAnalysis Results (NMNH 4031380)Download