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Object Number
2004.29.9598
Display Title
Slate tablets etched with designs found on garment of a mummy
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: Two of four tablets found fastened to cloth taken from a grave near Chimbote, Valley of Santa, Oeru. / Originals in collection of Madam Tweddle of Plainfield, N.J. / F. W. Putnam, July 24, 1898.
Department
Photographic
Date
1898
Culture
- Peruvian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
Additional Geographic Terms
Valley of Santa; near Chimbote
Dimensions
Overall: 21.2725 × 16.51 cm (8 3/8 × 6 1/2 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.29.9597 | Slate tablets etched with designs found on garment of a mummy |
Peru
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| 2004.29.9600 | Two tablets with drawings |
Chimbote
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| 77-16-10/11282.1.2 | The Gass tablets. No. 2 from mound no. 3 found Jan 10, 1877 by Rev. J Gass |
Cook's farm
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Image Not Available
for Slate tablets with pigment
| 26-7-10/95515 | Slate tablets with pigment |
Ground Stone
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Doolittle Ranch
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| 28-3-10/96928 | Slate tablets |
Raw Material
Ground Stone |
Lone Mountain
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| 25-11-10/95047 | Stone tablets |
Ground Stone
Raw Material |
Swarts Ranch
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| 25-11-10/95048 | Stone tablets |
Ground Stone
|
Swarts Ranch
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Image Not Available
for Cast carved tablets.
| 10-47-10/80148 | Cast carved tablets. |
Ohio?
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| 25-11-10/95040 | Stone tablets |
Ground Stone
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Swarts Ranch
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| 25-11-10/95050 | Fragments of stone tablets |
Ground Stone
|
Swarts Ranch
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| 26-7-10/95645 | Parts of 2 stone tablets |
Ground Stone
|
Swarts Ranch
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| 26-7-10/95646 | Stone tablets |
Ground Stone
|
Swarts Ranch
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