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Object Number 2004.29.8310
Display Title Chankin's wife, spinning
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Lacandone Indians / N. Guatemala / (Mayan) / Chiapas- Chankin's wife spinning. / Gift of Dr. A. M. Tozzer. Taken in 1902-3.
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • People
Department Photographic
Date 1902-1903
Culture
  • Lacandón Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala
Additional Geographic Terms Chiapas
Dimensions Overall: 9.525 × 12.065 cm (3 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer

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Chankin before two special "Santos"
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Chankin shooting a bow and arrow
2004.29.8330 Chankin shooting a bow and arrow
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Garcia's son shooting fish from canoe
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Group of males in Caribal kaguns(?)
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Bowls on ground near post of hut
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Guatemala
Carved stone
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Guatemala
Three young Lacandon girls - "Barcia's Three Children"
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