NMNH A074677: Small Gold Frog.

Primary Title:
NMNH A074677: Small Gold Frog.
Alternate Title: Owner Object Name
Small Gold Frog.
Keyword Type: Object Class
Pendant
Keyword Type: Object Sub-class
Zoo-Frog
Keyword Type: Owner Provenience Record Type
Accession docs/letters Publication
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual Microscopy
Identifier: Object Number
NMNH 746770
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
746770
Identifier: Owner Catalog Number
013654
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Large open back cast frog pendant with bells for eyes, open mouth with cast wire teeth, Arms with suspension loops under hands bent legs above feet, and two large flat feet.
Note: Owner Accession
Collected by McNiel by 1883
Note: Research Notes
Illustrated in Holmes 1887. "The body and limbs are concave beneath, the metal being about one sixteenth of an inch thick. The teeth are suggested by a number of perforations encircling the jaws and the eyes are minute hawk bells containing pellets of metal...the framework or foundation is of copper, apparently nearly pure, and the surface is plated with thin sheet-gold, which tends to flake off as the copper foundation corrodes..." Find info on McNiel excavations.
Note: Bibliographic References
Holmes, W.H. 1887 "The Use of Gold and Other Metals among the Ancient Inhabitants of Chiriqui" Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 3. Smithsonian: Washington DC. Pg.20, fig.13
Note: Condition Review
The pendant is brittle and almost completely mineralized. The patches of enriched gold surface that are visible appear to be flaking off. There are light brown to dark brown accretions covering the surface. The PL foot has broken off and is retained separately. The PL foot is also broken in two and appears to be held together on a yellowed adhesive label with the object number written in black ink
Note: Follow-up Notes
Heavily corroded Conservation required Remove adhesive label?
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF X-ray radiograph
Time Period: Owner Accession Date
1883
Time Period: Examination Date
11/25/2008
Place: Object Origin
Geographic Zone: VGC Country: Panama Province: Chiriqui Site: No info Place Time Period: Site Period
Place: Curation Location
Local place: 1103A00402
Actor: Object Excavator
J.A.Mcniel
Actor: Owner Accession Source
Mcniel, J. A.; through Agents J.S. Lamson & Bros. Lamson; Purchase; 12 specimens
Actor: Object Owner
NMNH
Actor: Examination Operator
ACH
Condition: Corrosion
Note: Green-surface; Black-core. Largely covered in layer of green corrosion. Break edges show black at core with flecks of metal
Condition: Coloration
Note: Where surface is visible, it appears gold
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Materials:
Gold Alloy Note: Gold layer at surface but extensive copper corrosion
Technique: Fabrication Method
Cast- Open Back
Technique: Joinery
Note: All in wax model
Technique: Finishing
Note: Surface Enrichment
Measurements:
Type:Number of Components Value:1 Units:components
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NMNH A074677-0 overall (2008)
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NMNH A074677-0 overall (2008)
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NMNH A074677-0 overall (2008)
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NMNH A074677-0 overall (2008)
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NMNH A074677-0 overall - with XRF (2008 ElvaX) analysis spot #1 indicated
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si_568e85157d6dfCSV iconAnalysis Results (NMNH 746770)
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Analysis Results (NMNH 746770)
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11/25/2008
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Visual Microscopy
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Analysis: XRF X-ray radiograph
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Mailing
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FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
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1999
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