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Object Number 59-50-20/74011.1.561
Display Title Capital of serpent column
Descriptions
Object Description Written on back: "Showing serpent tail [fomy?] / Capital of serpent column / prostrate column in rear / See Report / I-1899"
Department Photographic
Date 1899
Artist Edward Herbert Thompson
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Yucatan / <County> / <City> / Chichen Itza
Dimensions Overall: 16.51 × 21.59 cm (6 1/2 × 8 1/2 in.)

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