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Object Number 2004.1.391.177
Display Title Stone platform and stone balls
Descriptions
Object Description From album of S. K. Lothrop's trip through Costa Rica, 1948 - 1950, page 60. Written on album page: "Palmar. Farm 4, Sec. 23, Pit e. / Stone plaform and balls C & D (right). [in situ] / 1949"
Department Photographic
Date 1949
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
Intrasite Farm 4, Sec. 23, Pit E
Dimensions Overall: 12.065 × 17.4625 cm (4 3/4 × 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Museum Collection, 2004

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Stone balls B and C
2004.1.391.10 Stone balls B and C
Palmar Sur
Stone balls D, E and F in situ
2004.1.391.16 Stone balls D, E and F in situ
Palmar Sur
Photographs of S. K. Lothrop's trip through Costa Rica, 1948 - 1950.  Stone sphere, excavation.  Palmar.  Farm 4, Sec. 23, Pit e.  Stone platform and balls C and D (right) in situ
2004.1.391.21 Photographs of S. K. Lothrop's trip through Costa Rica, 1948 - 1950. Stone sphere, excavation. Palmar. Farm 4, Sec. 23, Pit e. Stone platform and balls C and D (right) in situ
Costa Rica
Stone platform and old wall
2004.1.391.173 Stone platform and old wall
Palmar Sur
Stone platform and end of Pit K excavation
2004.1.391.174 Stone platform and end of Pit K excavation
Palmar Sur
Stone platform
2004.1.391.172 Stone platform
Palmar Sur
Stone Ball B
2004.1.391.9 Stone Ball B
Palmar Sur
Line of stones
2004.1.391.168 Line of stones
Palmar Sur
Line of stones
2004.1.391.167 Line of stones
Palmar Sur
Line of stones
2004.1.391.166 Line of stones
Palmar Sur
Four stone balls arranged in a rectangle
2004.1.391.223 Four stone balls arranged in a rectangle
Palmar Sur
Stone platform
2004.1.391.171 Stone platform
Palmar Sur