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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
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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