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Object Number 2004.29.7028
Display Title Section of mural painting upon the wall surface
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Mexico, Yucatan, Chichen Itza. Section of mural painting upon the wall surface. This is blue and yellow blue ribbons with yellow end flares. The wall surface and paintings seem to extend some distance under the stairway. The break of the negative in the corner covers the last step. Thompson, 1903.
Department Photographic
Artist Edward Herbert Thompson
Culture
  • Mesoamerican
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Yucatan
Dimensions Overall: 19.685 × 14.2875 cm (7 3/4 × 5 5/8 in.)

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