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Object Number 2004.29.10692
Display Title Plaza
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: (verso) "Plaza at Tiahuanaco / From Prof. E. C. Pickering / Harvard Observatory / Cambridge, Mass. / May, 1892"
Department Photographic
Date 1855-1892
Culture
  • Native South American styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Bolivia / La Paz Department / Ingavi Province / Tiwanaku Municipality / Tiahuanaco
Dimensions Overall: 19.685 × 24.765 cm (7 3/4 × 9 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Edward Charles Pickering

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