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Object Number
59-50-20/74011.1.603
Display Title
Section 3, Lower Terrace Structure, Edifice No 1, showing interior "Chamber of the Altar"
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on back: "No 15 / Section 3. Lower Terrace Structure / Edifice No 1., Chacmultin Group. / Showing interior "Chamber of the Alter" [sic] / The stone masks in the alter [sic] base / are clearly visible in this photo."
Department
Photographic
Date
1885-1887
Artist
Edward Herbert Thompson
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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Mexico
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Yucatan
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<County>
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<City>
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Chacmultun
Intrasite
Section 3, Lower Terrace Structure, Edifice No 1
Dimensions
Overall: 20.0025 × 25.2413 cm (7 7/8 × 9 15/16 in.)
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