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Serpent's tail sculpture from hieroglyphic stairway
Serpent's tail sculpture from hieroglyphic stairway
Object Number 2004.1.381.1.312
Display Title Serpent's tail sculpture from hieroglyphic stairway
Descriptions
Object Description Copan Album: Volume 7, Page 31; Written on page: "Sculpture from hieroglyphic stairway."
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: 11.7475 × 19.3675 cm (4 5/8 × 7 5/8 in.)

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