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Object Number 2004.24.17005
Display Title Beaten gold from the bottom of the sacred well
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Mask and Headdress
  • Studio
  • Archaeological
Subject
  • Mask
  • Fragment
  • Gold
  • well
  • Metal
  • sacred
  • Ring
Department Photographic
Date 1942
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
  • Lowland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Yucatan / <County> / <City> / Chichen Itza
Intrasite Cenote
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)

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