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Object Number
45-30-20/76381.1.1
Display Title
Three Women from Lake Atitlan
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: Guatemala / "Three Women from Lake Atitlan" / Splendid examples of slanting eyes. Drawn at Atitlan in the Mayor's house - Barracks, 1937. Note: famous hair ribbons that make "halo" round the heads.
Keywords
- Drawing and Graphics
- Ethnographic
Subject
- Drawing
Department
Photographic
Date
1939
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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Guatemala
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Solola
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<County>
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<City>
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Atitlan
Dimensions
Overall: 27.9401 × 17.145 cm (11 × 6 3/4 in.)
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