NMNH A438145: Tumbaga Fragments

Primary Title:
NMNH A438145: Tumbaga Fragments
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Tumbaga Fragments
Keyword Type: Object Class
Fragments
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual Microscopy
Identifier: Object Number
NMNH A438145-0
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
A438145-0
Identifier: Owner Catalog Number
219603
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Bag of corroded fragments all appear to be thin and flat- likely from cast pendant
Note: Owner Accession
Found accession docs in NMNH Hardcopy files
Note: Research Notes
Find 381: Mound VII, Trench 7, depth 4.7-5m. north 2.7m, East profile. The unit contained a few fragments of gold plated copper in the pit fill, gold disks with perforations, carved elongated shell beads, numerous shells, and some calcined human bone.
Note: Bibliographic References
Site Report: Ladd (1968) Archaeological investigations into the Parita and Santa Maria Zones.
Note: Condition Review
Completely mineralized and fragmentary. No discernible form
Note: Follow-up Notes
May be too mineralized to be analyzed
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: 1103A00402
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; Red-core. The interior of the break edges appears completely red throughout and there is a thick, bulky green corrossion crust mixed with beige accretions
Condition: Coloration
Note: Gold
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Style: Object Style
Prehistoric
Materials:
Gold Alloy Note: There is a gold layer visible under corrosion crust and Copper corrosion products throughout the rest
Technique: Fabrication Method
Other/Unknown Note: Too deteriorated
Technique: Joinery
Note: Too deteriorated to tell
Technique: Finishing
Note: Surface Enrichment PolishedSurface under crust is gold and shiny.
Measurements:
Type:Number of Components Value:1 Units:components
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A438145_a_20081128_ach
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NMNH A438145 overall (2008)
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NMNH A438145 overall (2008)
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A438145_c_20081128_ach
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NMNH A438145 overall (2008)
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NMNH A438145 overall (2008)
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si_568e851579bb7CSV iconAnalysis Results (NMNH 4381450)
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ACH
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Unpublished material
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Analysis Results (NMNH 4381450)
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tabular digital data
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11/21/2008
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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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Unknown
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Unknown
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Sensitive
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None
Dataqual/lineage/method/methodid/methkey
None
Dataqual/lineage/method/methdesc
Visual Microscopy
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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
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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
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None
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