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Object Number 2013.1.28.145
Display Title Priest makes holy vestments within canoe
Descriptions
Object Description Written on photograph: "[verso] Lacandone priest makes holy / vestments of tree bark(?) - like the Mayas / of old."
Department Photographic
Date 1946-1947
Culture
  • Lacandón Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Chiapas / <County> / <City> / Bonampak
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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