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Object Number
24-45-20/C9871
Display Title
Stela with pictographs
Descriptions
Object Description
Stela with animal face, and scroll designs. Carved grey stone. La Paleta ruins, near head of Klaura River. Period III-IV.
Inventory Description
Stela, rectangular, curvilinear carved designs, rounded projection at top at one corner, mounted in/on square red-painted concrete base
Classification
- Architectural Element
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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Honduras
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<County>
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<City>
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La Paleta
Additional Geographic Terms
Near head of Klaura River
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall (Actual stone that is visible): 198.1204 × 25.4001 × 28.8926 cm (78 × 10 × 11 3/8 in.)
Overall (Including concrete base): 233.6805 × 76.5177 × 76.2002 cm (92 × 30 1/8 × 30 in.)
Overall (Base only): 35.5601 × 76.5177 × 76.2002 cm (14 × 30 1/8 × 30 in.)
Overall, Weight (Estimated weight of stone stela and concrete base): 1787 lb. (810.578 kg)
Overall, Weight (Estimated weight of stone stela): 693 lb. (314.343 kg)
Quantity
1
Label on object
C-9871; C/9871
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.14377 | Stela with carved pictographs |
Honduras
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| 38-120-10/17590 | Stone with pictographs |
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| 2004.24.5257 | Pictographs on Cave Exterior, Burial Cave near ruin A |
Ruin A
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| 2004.24.5114B | Pictographs near ruin 1 |
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| 2004.24.5115D | Pictographs near ruin 1 |
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| 2004.24.5112A | Navajo Pictographs near Ruin I |
Awatovi
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| 2004.24.5115A | Pictographs near ruin 1. Tope-to-be-gan, Arizona |
Awatovi
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| 2004.24.5114A | Pictographs near ruin 1, Tope-to-be-gan, Arizona |
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| 2004.24.5164 | Pictographs in ruin 4, Human Figures and Hand Prints |
Ruin 4
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| 2004.24.5260 | Pictographs near ruin 9 |
Ruin 9
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| 2004.24.5177A | Pictographs in Ruin 6 |
Ruin 6
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| 2004.24.5177B | Pictographs in Ruin 6 |
Ruin 6
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