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Object Number 59-50-20/74011.1.483
Display Title Large carved serpent symbol
Descriptions
Object Description Written on recto: "Serpent Symbol. Labnà". Printed on verso with part of an ad from the latter half of the 19th century.
Department Photographic
Date 1886
Culture
  • Maya area styles and periods
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Yucatan / <County> / <City> / Labna
Dimensions Overall: 21.59 × 14.2875 cm (8 1/2 × 5 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by American Antiquarian Society

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Small hill leading up to an archway
59-50-20/74011.1.485 Small hill leading up to an archway
Labna
Crumbling facade
59-50-20/74011.1.484 Crumbling facade
Labna
Crumbling facade
59-50-20/74011.1.470 Crumbling facade
Labna
Facade of a building
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Labna
Sculpted wall with stone decorations
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Labna
Partially overgrown facade with two men
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Facade of a building
59-50-20/74011.1.558 Facade of a building
Labna
Sculpted facade of a building
59-50-20/74011.1.486 Sculpted facade of a building
Labna
Archway with three local men
59-50-20/74011.1.487 Archway with three local men
Labna
Part of a building facade
59-50-20/74011.1.557 Part of a building facade
Labna
Serpent symbol
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Architectural Element
Copan
Serpent symbol
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Architectural Element
Copan