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Object Number 2004.1.393.185
Display Title Shells with hieroglyphic inscriptions
Descriptions
Object Description Written on album page: "Hector Montero collection"
Department Photographic
Date 1926 - 1932
Artist Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop
Culture
  • Maya area styles and periods
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
Dimensions Overall: 7.9375 × 12.065 cm (3 1/8 × 4 3/4 in.)

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Shell with hieroglyphic inscription, detail
2004.1.393.186 Shell with hieroglyphic inscription, detail
Central America
Shell with hieroglyphic inscription
2004.1.393.184 Shell with hieroglyphic inscription
Central America
Grinding corn; Hector Varquero and family; and Sunday sports
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Stone monument
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Chuitinamit
Sculpted stone face
2004.1.393.163 Sculpted stone face
Central America
Stone figurine and object with face
2004.1.393.161 Stone figurine and object with face
Central America
Sculpted stone face
2004.1.393.162 Sculpted stone face
Central America
Stone figurines from the Silver Collection
2004.1.391.161 Stone figurines from the Silver Collection
Palmar Sur
Stone figurine
2004.1.391.162 Stone figurine
Palmar Sur
Four stone balls arranged in a rectangle
2004.1.391.223 Four stone balls arranged in a rectangle
Palmar Sur
Gold disk
2004.1.391.210 Gold disk
Palmar Sur
Piedra Partida - piece of broken stone ball
2004.1.391.208 Piedra Partida - piece of broken stone ball
Palmar Sur