NMNH A438089: Gold And Or Copper (Tumbaga?) Frag
- Primary Title:
- NMNH A438089: Gold And Or Copper (Tumbaga?) Frag
- Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
- Gold And Or Copper (Tumbaga?) Frag
- Keyword Type: Object Class
- Fragments
- Keyword Type: Exam Methods
- Visual Microscopy
- Identifier: Object Number
- NMNH A438089-0
- Identifier: Owner Accession Number
- A438089-0
- Identifier: Owner Catalog Number
- 219603
- Note: Owner Information Source
- PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
- Note: Object Description
- Box 1: Five fragments and one very small fragment of a cast pendant (?) possibly a bird pendant based on the shape of the tail fragment. All of the pieces are thin and flat and there is a small amount of decoration on one fragment that has cast wire and scroll work. Box 2: 33 small fragments, all thin and flat
- Note: Owner Accession
- Found accession docs in NMNH Hardcopy files
- Note: Research Notes
- Find 361 (?): Located in Mound VII, Trench 7, depth of 2.9m, north 9.3m, west wall. No ceramic contents. Consists of several pieces of copper, a long shell bead, and cremated human bone.
- Note: Bibliographic References
- Site Report: Ladd (1968) Archaeological investigations into the Parita and Santa Maria Zones.
- Note: Condition Review
- All the pieces are brittle and mineralized throughout. They are covered in brown accretions and green corrosion except for the fragment with the decoration, which has fewer accretions and a visible gold surface
- Note: Follow-up Notes
- Incredibly corroded and mineralized. May not be useful at all
- Note: Analysis Recommendations
- XRF
- Time Period: Creation Period
- Site extends from Late Cocle phase through Herrera Phase
- Time Period: Excavation Date
- 1948
- Time Period: Examination Date
- 11/21/2008
- Place: Object Origin
- Geographic Zone: Azuero Peninsula-Parita Country: Panama Province: Herrera Site: El Hatillo, Site He-4 Place Time Period: Site Period
- Place: Curation Location
- Local place: 2243C01513
- Actor: Object Excavator
- BAE, Stirling and Willey
- Actor: Owner Accession Source
- Bureau Of American Ethnology; 1964; Transfer; 1157 specimens
- Actor: Object Owner
- NMNH
- Actor: Examination Operator
- ACH
- Condition: Corrosion
- Note: Green-surface; Black-core; Green-core; Red-core. The interior of the fragments, seen from the break edges, appears red, black, and green. There is thick green corrosion covering most surface
- Condition: Coloration
- Note: Gold
- Condition: Pseudomorphs
- Note: Organics. There may be organics mixed in with the bulky accretions on the surface. The tail piece in particular has dark brown material mixed in with the accretions and there could be a pattern to the brown on the surface
- Style: Object Style
- Prehistoric
- Materials:
- Gold Alloy Note: There is a gold surface visible but the rest of the object is heavily corroded
- Technique: Fabrication Method
- Cast- Open Back Other/Unknown Cast- Solid Note: The object appears cast but not enough of it remains to determine what type of casting
- Technique: Joinery
- Note: Not enough of the object remains to make this determination
- Technique: Finishing
- Note: Surface Enrichment PolishedThe mineralized interior and thin gold surface remaining indicates that the object underwent surface enrichment
- Measurements:
- Type:Number of Components Value:38 Units:components
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| si_568e851579304 |  | Analysis Results (NMNH 4380890) |
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