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Object Number 2004.1.391.2
Display Title Stone ball A
Descriptions
Object Description From album of S. K. Lothrop's trip through Costa Rica, 1948 - 1950, page 77. Written on album page: "Ball A"
Department Photographic
Date 1948 - 1950
Artist Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop
Culture
  • Pre-Columbian Central American styles and periods
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Costa Rica / Puntarenas / <County> / Palmar Sur
Dimensions Overall: 19.05 x 12.7 cm (7 1/2 x 5 in.)

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Stone platform and stone balls
2004.1.391.177 Stone platform and stone balls
Palmar Sur
Samuel K. Lothrop and Eleanor Lothrop sitting in front of stone ball
2004.1.391.1 Samuel K. Lothrop and Eleanor Lothrop sitting in front of stone ball
Costa Rica
Stone Ball A
2004.1.391.14 Stone Ball A
Palmar Sur
Four stone balls arranged in a rectangle
2004.1.391.223 Four stone balls arranged in a rectangle
Palmar Sur
Piedra Partida - piece of broken stone ball
2004.1.391.208 Piedra Partida - piece of broken stone ball
Palmar Sur
Four stone balls arranged in a rectangle
2004.1.391.190 Four stone balls arranged in a rectangle
Palmar Sur
Stone ball in plaza
2004.1.391.8 Stone ball in plaza
Puntarenas
Stone balls E, F and D in situ
2004.1.391.17 Stone balls E, F and D in situ
Palmar Sur
Stone balls D, E and F in situ
2004.1.391.16 Stone balls D, E and F in situ
Palmar Sur
Stone balls B and C
2004.1.391.10 Stone balls B and C
Palmar Sur
Two men standing in excavation unit next to stone ball B
2004.1.391.6 Two men standing in excavation unit next to stone ball B
Palmar Sur
Man dressed in banana leaves standing with stone ball
2004.1.391.4 Man dressed in banana leaves standing with stone ball
Palmar Sur