NMNH A403141: Gold-Plated Ornament/1

Primary Title:
NMNH A403141: Gold-Plated Ornament/1
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Gold-Plated Ornament/1
Keyword Type: Object Class
Pendant
Keyword Type: Object Sub-class
Zoo-Saurian
Keyword Type: Owner Provenience Record Type
Accession docs/letters
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual Microscopy
Identifier: Object Number
NMNH A403141-0
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
A403141-0
Identifier: Owner Catalog Number
188983
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master
Note: Object Description
Open back cast lizard pendant with coffee bean eyes, globular nostrils with indentations, square teeth, and projecting dorsal spines down back with twisted cast wire decoration on both sides with straight cast wire lines down both sides as well. the tail curves to one side, and there are two suspension loops, one on the inside of either leg.
Note: Owner Accession
"Ornaments from Veraguas, Panama tombs purchased by M.W. Stirling in Panama" Accession docs
Note: Condition Review
Good condition. Whole but there is some abrasion along the back inside edge of the tail showing a section of the metal. May have been coated at some point with clear coating. some scratches on surface
Note: Follow-up Notes
Special
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF X-ray radiograph
Time Period: Examination Date
11/20/2008
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. There is a small amount of green corrosion on the surface
Condition: Coloration
Note: Gold
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Materials:
Gold Alloy Note: The interior appears darker and more bronze colored while the exterior is shiny gold. There are some more coppery colored areas on the ends of the dorsal spines that may have a dendritic pattern visible at the surface (see photo)
Technique: Fabrication Method
Cast- Open Back
Technique: Joinery
Note: No evidence of joinery outside of wax model
Technique: Finishing
Note: Surface Enrichment Polished. Shiny gold layer on surface over darker interior
Measurements:
Type:Number of Components Value:1 Units:components
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si_2769605A403141_03dec08_XRF1+2 for pid si_2769605A403141_03dec08_XRF1+2
TitleInfo/title
A403141_03dec08_XRF1+2
Abstract
NMNH A403141 overall, recto - with XRF (2008 ElvaX) analysis spots #1 and #2 indicated
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TitleInfo/title
A403141_a_20081128_ach
Abstract
NMNH A403141 overall, recto (2008)
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A403141_b_20081128_ach
Abstract
NMNH A403141 overall, recto (2008)
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A403141_c_20081128_ach
Abstract
NMNH A403141 overall, verso (2008)
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TitleInfo/title
A403141_d_20081128_ach
Abstract
NMNH A403141 overall, verso (2008)
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TitleInfo/title
A403141_e_20081128_ach
Abstract
NMNH A403141 overall (2008)
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TitleInfo/title
A403141_f_20081128_ach
Abstract
NMNH A403141 overall (2008)
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si_568e851576d74CSV iconAnalysis Results (NMNH 4031410)
Idinfo/citation/citeinfo/origin
ACH
Idinfo/citation/citeinfo/pubdate
Unpublished material
Idinfo/citation/citeinfo/title
Analysis Results (NMNH 4031410)
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tabular digital data
Idinfo/timeperd/timeinfo/rngdates/begdate
11/20/2008
Idinfo/timeperd/current
observed
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Done
Idinfo/status/update
As Needed
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None
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None
Idinfo/keywords/stratum/stratkt
None
Idinfo/keywords/temporal/tempkt
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
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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
Spdoinfo/direct
Point
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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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