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Object Number
2013.1.28.132
Display Title
Man stands beside segment of altar stone
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on photograph: "[verso] Lacandone, contemporary Maya man, stands beside a / segment of ancient Maya altar stone recently dis- / covered at Bonampak in remote Peten frontier of / Chiapas, Mexico / Photograph by: Giles Greville Healey / United Fruit-Carnegie Institution Bonampak Expedition 1947 / Courtesy: Peabody Museum"
Department
Photographic
Date
1946-1947
Culture
- Lacandón Maya
- Maya area styles and periods
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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Mexico
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Chiapas
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<County>
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<City>
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Bonampak
Materials
Print, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 25.4001 × 20.32 cm (10 × 8 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Previous owner
Previously owned by
United Fruit Company
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