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Object Number
59-50-20/74011.1.505
Display Title
Open field covered in rubble, trees and hills in background
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on cardboard: "View of Ruins from top of highest mound, Western Group,/looking east. Main Structure covered with trees in back-/ground./Copan, Honduras."
Department
Photographic
Date
1884-1889
Artist
Marshall H. Saville
Culture
- Maya area styles and periods
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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Honduras
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Copan
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<County>
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Copan
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Copan
Dimensions
Overall: 23.0188 × 30.0038 cm (9 1/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
American Antiquarian Society
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