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Object Number
2004.29.8286
Display Title
Idol from Tehuantepec Region - looks like Mayan stela in front of grass house
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: Mexico, Tehuantepec / Photos almost certainly by T. MAler, ca. 1875 (all from copy negatives) / "Idol" from Tehuantepec Region
Keywords
- Ethnographic
- Structure and Furnishing
- Ritual
Subject
- Stela
- Idol
Department
Photographic
Date
ca. 1875
Artist
Teobert Maler
Culture
- Oaxacan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Oaxaca
/
<County>
/
<City>
/
Tehuantepec
Additional Geographic Terms
Tehuantepec
Materials
Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 5.08 x 7.62 cm (2 x 3 in.)
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