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Object Number
2004.29.7380
Display Title
Old Chapel at Xul
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: Mexico / Yucatan / Xul / Old Chapel at Xul. / The three figures crowning the tower were taken years ago from near by ruins now demolished. The central figure is a stone head called by the natives Xmuc "Old Woman." The two smaller figures on each side, also of stone, are of monkey like character. / Xref. P1913
Keywords
- Ethnographic
Subject
- chapel
Department
Photographic
Date
1901
Artist
Edward Herbert Thompson
Culture
- Lowland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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Mexico
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Yucatan
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Xul
Dimensions
Overall: 15.24 x 20.32 cm (6 x 8 in.)
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