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Marble vase
Object Number 2004.29.7924
Display Title Marble vase
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: (verso) Honduras, Central America / large photo - vase from Ulua River near Playa de los Muertos in posession of George Bähr of San Pedro Sula. -Honduras / [on envelope] Photographer G. Gordon May 1897. / Marble vase probably washed from bank of River Uloa where Gordon explored 1896. (same place from which he obtained similar specimen) This vase is owned by George Bähr of San Pedro Sula, Hon. (A similar vase is in the Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. from the Collection of Squire.) / Duplicates
Keywords
  • Archaeological
Subject
  • Vase
Department Photographic
Date May 1897
Artist Dr. George Byron Gordon
Culture
  • Lowland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Honduras
Materials Cyanotype adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 7.3025 × 6.35 cm (2 7/8 × 2 1/2 in.)

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