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Cast of Chac Mool sculpture
Object Number 92-50-20/C1099
Display Title Cast of Chac Mool sculpture
Descriptions
Object Description Sculpture (Chac Mool)/cast
Inventory Description Cast, polychrome, reclining Chac Mool figure with offering bowl
Cast Name CHN_ChacMool
Classification
  • Cast
Department Archaeological
Artist Désiré Charnay (1882)
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Yucatan / <County> / <City> / Chichen Itza
Materials Plaster, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 108 × 151 × 81 cm (42 1/2 × 59 7/16 × 31 7/8 in.) Storage (80/20 wheeled box): 53 3/4 × 71 15/16 × 36 in. (136.5 × 182.8 × 91.4 cm) Storage (combined weight of cast and 80/20 wheeled box): 346 lb. (156.945 kg)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1890-1892
Provenance
Collector Unknown (Unknown)
Intermediary Father Father Fisher (Unknown)
Seller Désiré Charnay (1882)

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