NMNH A074678: Small Gold Frog

Primary Title:
NMNH A074678: 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
Keyword Type: Exam Methods
Visual Microscopy
Identifier: Object Number
NMNH 746780
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
746780
Identifier: Owner Catalog Number
013654
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Open back cast frog pendant with suspension loops for arms, cast wire lip, flat thin feet, and ovoid eyes (elongated balls)
Note: Owner Accession
Collected by McNiel by 1883
Note: Research Notes
"Mr. McNiel acknowledges that ... no single piece has been taken from the ground with his own hands" ; Find info on McNiel excavations
Note: Condition Review
There is extensive scratching of the surface. The proper right foot is broken off but extant. The proper left foot is missing.
Note: Follow-up Notes
The break edge of the foot fragment would be excellent for ESEM-EDS
Note: Analysis Recommendations
XRF X-ray radiograph ESEM-EDS
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: 1103A00403
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: None
Condition: Coloration
Note: Gold
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Materials:
Gold Alloy Note: Gold colored exterior with more coppery colored interior visible at break edge
Technique: Fabrication Method
Cast- Open Back Note: Casting flaws and pits visible on interior of body
Technique: Joinery
Note: All in wax model. The eyes, for example, appear to have been pushed into head in wax model which caused a bump on the reverse side.
Technique: Finishing
Note: Surface Enrichment Polished. Exterior is shiny gold while interior is more coppery
Measurements:
Type:Number of Components Value:2 Units:components
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A074678 20090528 ach DSC05814
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NMNH A074678-0 overall (2008)
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A074678 20090528 ach DSC05815
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NMNH A074678-0 foot fragment (2008)
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A74678_a_20081128_ach
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NMNH A074678-0 overall, recto (2008)
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A74678_b_20081128_ach
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NMNH A074678-0 overall, verso (2008)
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A74678_1
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NMNH A074678-0 detail, ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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A74678_2
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NMNH A074678-0 detail, ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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A74678_3
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NMNH A074678-0 detail, ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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A74678_4
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NMNH A074678-0 detail, ESEM-EDS analysis (2009)
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A074678_04dec08_XRF1
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NMNH A074678-0 overall, with XRF (2008 ElvaX) analysis spot #1 indicated
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si_568e85157d913CSV iconAnalysis Results (NMNH 746780)
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ACH
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Unpublished material
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Analysis Results (NMNH 746780)
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tabular digital data
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11/25/2008
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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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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
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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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Unknown
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Mailing
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Mailing
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FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metainfo/metstdv
1999
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None
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