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Cylindrical pillar, painted blue altar and concave wall
Cylindrical pillar, painted blue altar and concave wall
Object Number 2004.29.6968
Display Title Cylindrical pillar, painted blue altar and concave wall
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Mexico, Yucatan, Chichen Itza. Showing the bastion like intake of the ruined wall. Cylindrical pillar with vestige of color. The blue painted altar and the convcave wall stones used to hide the pillars beneath a plain wall surface. Str. 3D9 - Thompson's Temple. E. H. Thompson, 1903.
Keywords
  • Archaeological
  • Site and Excavation
Department Photographic
Date 1903
Artist Edward Herbert Thompson
Culture
  • Mesoamerican
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Yucatan / <County> / <City> / Chichen Itza
Materials Print, hand-colored adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 15.875 × 20.6375 cm (6 1/4 × 8 1/8 in.)

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