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Object Number 2004.29.9691
Display Title Lock
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Peru / Machu Picchu / The most ingeneous lock in Machu Picchu / Yale Peruvian Expedition 1912 / Under Hiram Bingham. / See Nat. Geog. Magazine 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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Lock mechanism
2004.29.9693 Lock mechanism
Machu Picchu
Lock in the city gate
2004.29.9692 Lock in the city gate
Machu Picchu
City gate
2004.29.9694 City gate
Machu Picchu
West side
2004.29.9696 West side
Machu Picchu
Stairway
2004.29.9686 Stairway
Machu Picchu
Dry moat
2004.29.9683 Dry moat
Machu Picchu
Inner wall and city gate
2004.29.9682 Inner wall and city gate
Machu Picchu
Inner wall and city gate
2004.29.9681 Inner wall and city gate
Machu Picchu
Agricultural terraces
2004.29.9711 Agricultural terraces
Machu Picchu
Detail of masonry
2004.29.9703 Detail of masonry
Machu Picchu
Interior of a cave under a sacred stone
2004.29.9671 Interior of a cave under a sacred stone
Machu Picchu
Sacred Plaza
2004.29.9697 Sacred Plaza
Machu Picchu