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Object Number 2004.29.9673
Display Title Sun dial
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Peru / Machu Picchu / Sun Dial / Yale Peruvian Expedition 1912. / under H. Bingham / See Nat. Geog. Magazine for April 1913.
Department Photographic
Date 1912
Artist Yale Peruvian Expedition
Culture
  • Inca
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Cuzco Region / <County> / <City> / Machu Picchu
Dimensions Overall: 8.255 × 13.97 cm (3 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)

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