NMNH A404233: (Large) Gold-Plated Copper Frog

Primary Title:
NMNH A404233: (Large) Gold-Plated Copper Frog
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
(Large) Gold-Plated Copper Frog
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 A404233-0
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
A404233-0
Identifier: Owner Catalog Number
202030
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Large open back cast frog pendant. Does not fit typical Veraguas style for frog. The back feet are curved row of cast wire rather than flat bands. The front feet also have thin cast wire fingers. The head is flat and has a chisel shaped nose and sharp pointy teeth in open mouth. Two ball in ring eyes, double spiral tongues, two snakes from either side of the head with ball eyes and double spiral tongues. The suspension loops are at the interior of the arms.
Note: Owner Accession
"Collected in 1951 by M.W. Stirling at site on the Rio San Pablo, 4 miles above Sona" Accession docs
Note: Research Notes
Does not fit typical Veraguas style for frog
Note: Condition Review
The interior appears black and mineralized and the gold surface layer is peeling off at the edges. Fragile. The pendant is covered in hard, bulky green corrosion and brown accretions. The PL arm is broken off and retained separately in polyethylene bag. The snake on the PL side of head has broken off and is missing. Where visible, the gold surface appears slightly scratched
Note: Follow-up Notes
Followup Special Possible pseudomorph. Broken leg can be analyzed by ESEM-EDS to help determine whether bulky corrosion may be pseudomorph
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF X-ray radiograph ESEM-EDS
Time Period: Examination Date
11/20/2008
Place: Object Origin
Geographic Zone: VGC-Pacific Country: Panama Province: Veraguas Site: Rio San Pablo, About 4 Mi. Above Sona Place Time Period: Site Period
Place: Curation Location
Local place: 1103A00402
Actor: Object Excavator
Collected by Stirling in Panama (1958)
Actor: Owner Accession Source
Bureau Of American Ethnology; 1954-Apr-28; Transfer; 11 specimens
Actor: Object Owner
NMNH
Actor: Examination Operator
ACH
Condition: Corrosion
Note: Green-surface; Black-core. Very hard, bulky green corrosion over most of the surface. The interior appears black and mineralized
Condition: Coloration
Note: Gold
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: Pseudomorph. Bulky corrosion over suspension rings may be some form of pseudomorph, however there is no clear structure preserved.
Materials:
Gold Alloy Note: The interior is black and mineralized while the exterior is gold colored
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 with mineralized black interior
Measurements:
Type:Number of Components Value:1 Units:components
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si_2769631A404233 20090304-adj for pid si_2769631A404233 20090304-adj
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A404233 20090304-adj
Abstract
NMNH A404233 overall - X-radiograph (2009)
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A404233_a_20081128_ach
Abstract
NMNH A404233 overall, recto (2008)
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A404233_b_20081128_ach
Abstract
NMNH A404233 overall, recto (2008)
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A404233_c_20081128_ach
Abstract
NMNH A404233 overall, verso (2008)
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A404233_d_20081128_ach
Abstract
NMNH A404233 overall, verso (2008)
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A404233_e_20081128_ach
Abstract
NMNH A404233 overall, proper left side (2008)
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si_568e8515773d9CSV iconAnalysis Results (NMNH 4042330)
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ACH
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Unpublished material
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Analysis Results (NMNH 4042330)
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tabular digital data
Idinfo/timeperd/timeinfo/rngdates/begdate
11/20/2008
Idinfo/timeperd/current
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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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
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
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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
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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