Bas-relief of tigers, Palace of the Circus Chichen Itza

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Object Number 2004.29.7020

Display Title Bas-relief of tigers, Palace of the Circus Chichen Itza

Descriptions

Object Description Written on board: Mexico, Yucatan, Chichen Itza. Bas Relief del Palacio de los Tigres en Chichen Itza. (verso) Copied from a set of photos in US Coast Survey office. Gift of F. W. Putnam.

Keywords

Structure and Furnishing
Archaeological
Site and Excavation
Sculpture

Subject

Tiger
palace
Bas-relief

Department Photographic

Date 1860

Artist Désiré Charnay

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Central America / Mexico / Yucatan / <County> / <City> / Chichen Itza

Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard

Dimensions Overall: 17.145 × 22.5425 cm (6 3/4 × 8 7/8 in.)

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Object Number	Title	Geography/Provenience
58-34-20/33840	Serpents in bas relief. Serpents on left column in lower chamber T. of Tigers.	Chichen Itza
2004.24.21032	Copy of a halftone reproduction of the entrance to temple of the tigers; reconstruction by de Miguel Anguel Fernandez.	Chichen Itza
2004.29.6467	The temple of the Divinity (Waldick) and fine bas-relief of the tiger	Palenque
2004.29.6469	The temple of the Divinity (Waldick) and fine bas-relief of the tiger	Palenque
2004.24.33117	Bas-relief on bottom of statue of crouching ocelot or native tiger. "2 seated personages in the act of piercing their ears with bone instruments."	Federal District
2004.24.2096	Temple of the Divinity (Waldick) and fine bas-relief of the tiger	Palenque
58-34-20/33842	Serpents in bas relief. Twined serpent in lower chamber, Temple of the Jaguars	Chichen Itza
58-34-20/33843	Serpents in bas relief. Serpent headresses in lower chamber, Temple of the Jagua	Chichen Itza
59-50-20/74011.1.49	Stone bas-relief from East Palace	Palenque
2004.29.7578	Stela 5 at Piedras Negras	Piedras Negras
2004.29.6423	Bas-relief, two seated personages piercing their ears with bone instruments	Federal District
2004.29.6947	Temple of the Tigers, from the East, showing lower chamber	Chichen Itza

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