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Object Number
2004.29.9604
Display Title
Great wall of Peru
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: Peru / The great wall of Peru, discovered by the Shippee - Johnson / Peruvian Expedition, Santa Valley, central Peru - Wall runs / for fifty miles or so inland from the coast, is guarded / on both sides by forts - some circular, some rectangular, some / of adobe, some of uncut stones cemented with mud. / Gift of A. M. Tozzer.
Department
Photographic
Culture
- Peruvian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Ancash Region
Dimensions
Overall: 20.6375 × 25.4001 cm (8 1/8 × 10 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.29.9603 | Fort in the Santa Valley |
Ancash Region
| ||
| 2004.29.9602 | Forts in the Santa Valley |
Ancash Region
| ||
| 2004.24.30596 | Forts in the Santa Valley |
Peru
| ||
| 2004.29.23263 | Man standing in the doorway of a sacred house |
Malakula Island
Vanuatu | ||
| 2004.29.1880 | North end of work showing the great mass of stones |
Fosters Little Miami Valley
| ||
| 2004.29.437 | Stone mortars |
San Nicolas
| ||
| 2004.29.10400 | Madre de Dios River |
South America
| ||
| 2004.29.10401 | Group of five children |
South America
| ||
| 973-24-70/5365 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa?
| |
| 2004.29.9826 | Chulpa |
Peru
| ||
|
Image Not Available
for Tulum II, 16 mm film
| 60-35-00/1.4.2 | Tulum II, 16 mm film |
Tulum
| ||
| 42-24-30/11879.1.23 | Square hat with cut pile |
Peru
|