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photographic print
(black and white)
Object Type
photographic print
(black and white)
Museum number
Am,B18.9
Description
Photograph (black and white); stone walls in an Inca complex archaeological site, Sacsayhuaman; Cuzco, Peru. Gelatin silver print
Producer name
Photographed by:
Mervyn Palmer
(?)
Production date
Nov 1925
Production place
Photographed in:
Cuzco (department)
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
Mervyn Palmer
(?)
Materials
paper
Technique
gelatin silver printing
Dimensions
Height:
4.50 centimetres
Width:
6.90 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Production: This image was found in a box with an envelope which reads: "Peru. Photographs from Lima (M G Palmer?)". See PicDoc 290; although likely that Palmer took this photograph, it is not yet confirmed.
Location
Not on display
Subjects
archaeological site/excavation
Associated places
Associated with:
Cuzco (department)
, Sacsayhuaman
Acquisition date
1925
Department
Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number
Am,B18.9
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
2651