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Stone ball in plaza
Object Number 2004.1.391.8
Display Title Stone ball in plaza
Descriptions
Object Description From album of S. K. Lothrop's trip through Costa Rica, 1948 - 1950, page 73. Written on album page in ink: "Palmar Norte / Ball in center of / plaza"; written in pencil: "Paul Allen & SKL were / arrested as spies for / taking these pictures"
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
Additional Geographic Terms Palmar Norte, plaza
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paper in Album
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 17.272 cm (5 x 6 13/16 in.)

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