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Object Number
2004.1.381.1.153
Display Title
Objects found in general digging of Mound 36, teeth from Skeleton 8
Descriptions
Object Description
Copan Album: Volume 4, Page 9; Written on page: "Objects found in general digging of Mound / 36. Showing tooth with circular piece of jade inlaid / at the left of group of four teeth in picture. The next / two are filed and the one at the right has boring but no inlaid stone. / These teeth are / from Skeleton 8."
Department
Photographic
Date
1891 - 1901
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Honduras
/
Copan
Materials
Albumen print adhered to Paper in Album
Dimensions
Overall: 20.0025 × 15.24 cm (7 7/8 × 6 in.)
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