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Peccary skull - incised bone, with cinnabar pigment rubbed into design
Peccary skull - incised bone, with cinnabar pigment rubbed into design
Object Number 2004.24.27025A
Display Title Peccary skull - incised bone, with cinnabar pigment rubbed into design
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Archaeological
  • Ritual
  • Studio
Subject
  • Skull
  • Peccary
  • Bone
Department Photographic
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Early Classic (Mesoamerica)
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Honduras / Copan / <County> / Copan / Copan
Intrasite Tomb 1
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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