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Object Number 00-36-20/C2784
Display Title Incense tablet
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, wood, tool, wooden rectangular board with handle, copal residue rounds
Classification
  • Tool
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Lacantun
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Chiapas / <County> / <City> / Yaxchilan
Intrasite Temple
Additional Geographic Terms Usumacinta River
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 44.3 x 27.4 x 1.5 cm (17 7/16 x 10 13/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object C\2784
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1899-1900)
Collector Teobert Maler (1900)

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