photographic print (black and white)

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photographic print(black and white)

Object Type
Museum number: Am,Maud,B61.5
Description: Photograph (black and white); man, probably Alfred Maudslay, wearing hat, shirt, trousers and boots sitting on a chair reading, in the southern chamber of Casa de Monjas or Nunnery; pit helmet hanging behind him; hammock and a line with clothes on his right side. Chichén Itzá, Mexico. Photographic process
Producer name
Production date: 1889
Production place: Photographed in: Yucatán (state)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 28.80 centimetres; Width: 23.90 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Many of the glass plates in this collection have been published in Maudslay's Biologia centrali-americana 1889-1902.Glass negative reference for this photograph; Am,Maud,B18.6
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
Subjects: headgear/hairstyle; archaeological site/excavation; society/human life; footwear; furniture/woodwork
Associated names: Portrait of: Henry N Sweet; Associated with: Alfred Percival Maudslay
Associated places: Associated with: Las Monjas
Associated ethnic name
Acquisition name
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: Am,Maud,B61.5
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: Box 18- C.h 6 (glass negative original reference)

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