NMNH A403139: Gold-Plated Ornament/1

Primary Title:
NMNH A403139: 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 A403139-0
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
A403139-0
Identifier: Owner Catalog Number
188983
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Open back cast jaguar pendant with cast wire lips, teeth, ball in ring eyes, globular nostrils and suspension loops on interior of front legs.
Note: Owner Accession
"Ornaments from Veraguas, Panama tombs purchased by M.W. Stirling in Panama" Accession docs
Note: Condition Review
Fragmentary and broken. Missing the tail, ears (?), and PR front leg. There is a large break across the neck and the head is only held onto the body at the PL foot. There are several other large cracks in the body and the whole pendant is covered in a light brown accretion that appears to be burial soil. Minimally cleaned but surface appears scratched with sharp instrument
Note: Follow-up Notes
Seems mostly mineralized but cross sections reveal pockets of metal at interior
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. Interior appears mineralized and there is a light green corrosion over the gold surface that is visible under the light brown soil.
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: Distinct gold layer on surface over mineralized interior Surface Enrichment Polished. Distinct gold layer on surface over mineralized interior
Measurements:
Type:Number of Components Value:1 Units:components
PIDTypeTitleMetadataURL
si_2769539A403139_03dec08_XRF1 for pid si_2769539A403139_03dec08_XRF1
TitleInfo/title
A403139_03dec08_XRF1
Abstract
NMNH A403139 overall - with XRF (2008 ElvaX) analysis spot #1 indicated
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TitleInfo/title
A403139_a_20081128_ach
Abstract
NMNH A403139 overall, verso (2008)
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TitleInfo/title
A403139_b_20081128_ach
Abstract
NMNH A403139 overall, verso (2008)
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TitleInfo/title
A403139_c_20081128_ach
Abstract
NMNH A403139 overall, recto (2008)
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TitleInfo/title
A403139_d_20081128_ach
Abstract
NMNH A403139 overall, recto (2008)
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TitleInfo/title
A403139_e_20081128_ach
Abstract
NMNH A403139 overall, proper left side (2008)
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si_568e8515768d0CSV iconAnalysis Results (NMNH 4031390)
Idinfo/citation/citeinfo/origin
ACH
Idinfo/citation/citeinfo/pubdate
Unpublished material
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Analysis Results (NMNH 4031390)
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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
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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
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
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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
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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