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Object Number 2004.24.3418
Display Title Altar 5
Descriptions
Object Description Altar 5
Subject
  • Stone
  • Altar
  • Expedition
  • Artifact
Department Photographic
Artist Teobert Maler
Culture
  • Lowland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Peten / <County> / <City> / Tikal

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