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Cliff Palace ruins
Object Number 2004.29.553
Display Title Cliff Palace ruins
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Colorado (Mesa Verde) / "First step in cliff house-" F.W.P. on afternoon Sept. 1899- "Spruce Tree House" / Gift of F. W. Putnam."
Keywords
  • Archaeological
  • Site and Excavation
Subject
  • Ruin
Department Photographic
Date September 1899
Culture
  • Southwest
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Colorado / <County> / <City> / Cliff House
Additional Geographic Terms Mesa Verde
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 8.26 x 8.26 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam

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