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Bas-relief, two seated personages piercing their ears with bone instruments
Bas-relief, two seated personages piercing their ears with bone instruments
Object Number 2004.29.6423
Display Title Bas-relief, two seated personages piercing their ears with bone instruments
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: See Mrs. Nuttall's paper Vol. 2 Peabody Museum Reports #7 p. 19. Figure 8. 1904. bas-relief on bottom of statue of crouching ocelot/ native tiger - Mexico City. "2 seated personages in the act of piercing their ears with bone instruments."
Keywords
  • Ritual
  • Sculpture General
  • Archaeological
Subject
  • Stone
Department Photographic
Date pre 1904
Culture
  • Central Mexico
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Federal District
Materials Platinum print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 15.24 x 17.78 cm (6 x 7 in.)

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