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Object Number
2013.1.28.135
Display Title
Father instructs his son in making arrows
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on photograph: "[verso] Lacandone father instructs his young son in making / arrows. Bow and arrow is the hunting implement of / these Maya descendents. / Photograph by: Giles Greville Healey / United Fruit-Carnegie Institution Bonampak Expedition 1947 / Courtesy: Peabody Museum"
Department
Photographic
Date
1946-1947
Culture
- Lacandón Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Chiapas
/
<County>
/
<City>
/
Bonampak
Materials
Print, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 20.32 × 25.4001 cm (8 × 10 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Previous owner
Previously owned by
United Fruit Company
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