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Object Number
2004.1.391.208
Display Title
Piedra Partida - piece of broken stone ball
Descriptions
Object Description
From album of S. K. Lothrop's trip through Costa Rica, 1948 - 1950, page 82. Written on album page in ink: "Palmar. Piedra Partida / Broken ball."; written in pencil: "Dynamited to see if there was / gold inside"
Department
Photographic
Date
1949
Artist
Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop
Culture
- Pre-Columbian Central American styles and periods
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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Costa Rica
/
Puntarenas
/
<County>
/
Palmar Sur
Dimensions
Overall: 8.255 × 11.43 cm (3 1/4 × 4 1/2 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.1.391.223 | Four stone balls arranged in a rectangle |
Palmar Sur
| ||
| 2004.1.391.190 | Four stone balls arranged in a rectangle |
Palmar Sur
| ||
| 2004.1.391.8 | Stone ball in plaza |
Puntarenas
| ||
| 2004.1.391.210 | Gold disk |
Palmar Sur
| ||
| 2004.1.391.177 | Stone platform and stone balls |
Palmar Sur
| ||
| 2004.1.391.16 | Stone balls D, E and F in situ |
Palmar Sur
| ||
| 2004.1.391.9 | Stone Ball B |
Palmar Sur
| ||
| 2004.1.391.10 | Stone balls B and C |
Palmar Sur
| ||
| 2004.1.391.6 | Two men standing in excavation unit next to stone ball B |
Palmar Sur
| ||
| 2004.1.391.209 | Gold figure |
Palmar Sur
| ||
| 2004.1.391.143 | Park at Palmar Sur, with stone ball in background |
Palmar Sur
| ||
| 2004.1.391.7 | Stone ball in center of plaza |
Puntarenas
|