NMNH A074679: Small Gold Frog

Primary Title:
NMNH A074679: 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 746790
Identifier: Owner Accession Number
746790
Identifier: Owner Catalog Number
013654
Note: Owner Information Source
PreColumbian Master; Panama Gold
Note: Object Description
Small open back cast frog pendant with suspension loops for arms, large thin flat feet, elongated ball eyes (ovoid), and thin pointy legs above the feet.
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
The proper right foot has broken off at the end and is missing. The gold surface is flaking off, leaving a darker substrate over the bottom side and some of the top side of the frog. There is extensive scratching of the surface. Brown accretion also present on surface
Note: Follow-up Notes
Heavily mineralized
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: 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: Green-surface; Black-core. Cross section shows black core. Surface is covered in large patches of green corrosion
Condition: Coloration
Note: Gold Coppery
Condition: Pseudomorphs
Note: None
Materials:
Gold Alloy Note: Surface is gold, copper corrosion present
Technique: Fabrication Method
Cast- Open Back
Technique: Joinery
Note: all in wax model
Technique: Finishing
Note: Surface Enrichment. There is an enriched gold layer on the surface that is flaking off
Measurements:
Type:Number of Components Value:1 Units:components
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A74679_a_20081128_ach
Abstract
NMNH A074679-0 overall, recto (2008)
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NMNH A074679-0 overall, recto (2008)
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A74679_c_20081128_ach
Abstract
NMNH A074679-0 overall, recto (2008)
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NMNH A074679-0 overall, verso (2008)
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si_568e85157db2fCSV iconAnalysis Results (NMNH 746790)
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ACH
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Unpublished material
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Analysis Results (NMNH 746790)
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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
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
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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
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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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None
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