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Object Number 2004.1.391.190
Display Title Four stone balls arranged in a rectangle
Descriptions
Object Description From album of S. K. Lothrop's trip through Costa Rica, 1948 - 1950, page 72. Written on album page in ink: "Palmar / Isla Camarrones / Set of 4 stone balls"; written in pencil: "forming rectangle"
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
Additional Geographic Terms Isla Camarrones
Dimensions Overall: 8.255 × 11.43 cm (3 1/4 × 4 1/2 in.)

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