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Back of Stela 6
Object Number 2004.29.7715
Display Title Back of Stela 6
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Back of Stela #6. Discovered by Honduras Expedition, 1891-92. / Copan, Honduras. / Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. / M. H. Saville, Photographer.
Keywords
  • Archaeological
Subject
  • Ruin
Department Photographic
Date 1891-1893
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Honduras / Copan
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 20.955 × 15.875 cm (8 1/4 × 6 1/4 in.)

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