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Collapsed columns and partial stone wall
Collapsed columns and partial stone wall
Object Number 59-50-20/74011.1.530
Display Title Collapsed columns and partial stone wall
Descriptions
Object Description Written on back: "showy[?] serpent tail [fomy?]/Capital of Serpent Column/rest of prostrate column in/rear/Chichen-Itza"
Department Photographic
Date 1899
Artist Edward Herbert Thompson
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Yucatan / <County> / <City> / Chichen Itza
Materials Print, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 16.51 × 21.59 cm (6 1/2 × 8 1/2 in.)

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