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Object Number 59-50-20/74011.1.477
Display Title Wall facade with three local men
Descriptions
Object Description Written on verso: "A section of the facade of the Casa Grande showing the sculptured symbol of the serpent; the so called "elephants trunk."
Department Photographic
Date 1886
Culture
  • Maya area styles and periods
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Yucatan / <County> / <City> / Labna
Materials Cyanotype
Dimensions Overall: 13.0175 × 17.4625 cm (5 1/8 × 6 7/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by American Antiquarian Society

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