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Object Number 59-50-20/74011.1.396
Display Title Water canal / tank
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Tiger head built into wall / E. Thompson c. 1890 / Merida?
Keywords
  • Architectural Feature
  • Daily Life
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • water canal
  • tank
Department Photographic
Date ca. 1890
Artist Edward Herbert Thompson
Culture
  • Lowland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Yucatan / <County> / Merida?
Dimensions Overall: 15.24 x 20.32 cm (6 x 8 in.)

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