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Object Number
59-50-20/74011.1.517
Display Title
Serpents' Head facade
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on back: "Section of the Serpents' Head/Facade at Kabah/Edward H Thompson/February, 1886"
Department
Photographic
Date
1886
Artist
Edward Herbert Thompson
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Yucatan
/
<County>
/
<City>
/
Kabah
Materials
Cabinet card
Dimensions
Overall: 11.43 × 18.0975 cm (4 1/2 × 7 1/8 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59-50-20/74011.1.65 | Facade of the Temple of the Serpents |
Uxmal
| ||
| 59-50-20/74011.1.513 | Facade of the Temple of the Serpents |
Uxmal
| ||
| 59-50-20/74011.1.519 | Facade of Casa Grande, partially obscured by brush and trees |
Kabah
| ||
| 59-50-20/74011.1.514 | View of a facade of the House of the Doves |
Uxmal
| ||
| 59-50-20/74011.1.512 | Augustus Le Plongeon in front of facade of Adivino (Pyramid of the Dwarf) |
Uxmal
| ||
| 59-50-20/74011.1.538 | Facade of a building with Augustus Le Plongeon and a local man |
Sayil
| ||
| 59-50-20/74011.1.521 | Carved stone below a doorway |
Kabah
| ||
| 59-50-20/74011.1.520 | Doorway with wooden lintel |
Kabah
| ||
| 59-50-20/74011.1.549 | Two men under the vaulted arch of a stairway |
Kabah
| ||
| 59-50-20/74011.1.550 | Vaulted archway of the Portal or entrance to Casa de las Monjas |
Uxmal
| ||
| 59-50-20/74011.1.539 | Overgrown ruin on top of a hill |
Sayil
| ||
| 2004.29.7240 | Close up of serpent's head |
Labna
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