glass negative

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Object Type
Museum number: Am,Maud,B6.99
Description: Glass negative; exterior side view of Temple K, Yaxchilán, Chiapas, Mexico. Photographic process
Producer name
Production date: 1887
Production place: Photographed in: Mexico
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Technique
Dimensions: Height: 16.50 centimetres; Width: 21.70 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Yaxchilán, historically referred to by the names of City Lorillard and Menché, is an ancient Maya city on the bank of the Usumacinta River; now the state of Chiapas, Mexico. Many of the glass plates in this collection have been published in Maudslay's Biologia centrali-americana 1889-1902.
Bibliographic references: Graham 2002 / Alfred Maudslay and the Maya : a biography.; Maudslay 1889-1902 / Biologia centrali-americana: or, contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America
Location: Not on display
Condition: good
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Associated names
Associated places: Associated with: Chiapas (state); Associated with: Yaxchilán
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Acquisition name
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: Am,Maud,B6.99
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: Box 6 -M.d 99

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