Cast
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1991
name: label: Donor Name
content: No Information
notes: label: Notes
content: CAST OF CENT-AM. STONE CARVING.
label: Notes
content: This appears to be a cast of a carved mosaic limestone stonework mask from a building facade, probably from a Puuc architectural style Mayan site in the Yucatan, Mexico, such as Uxmal (from the Palace of the Governor/Palacio del Gobernador, for example), Chichen Itza, Kabáh, Sayil, or Labná. It is probably the one shown in old photos of NMNH Exhibit Hall 23, circa 1954 - 1974, identified as a cast of the Maya Rain God Chac (Chaac). There is also a photo of what appears to be this cast in a Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology exhibit "Architecture of the American Indians" in the United States Government Building, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri, 1904, USNM Neg. No. 16469. For a cyanotype print of it see Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 62B, Folder 12, Image No. SIA_000095_B62B_F12_014 .
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Yucatan (not certain), Mexico (not certain), North America (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Maya
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 999999
label: USNM Number
content: AT16733-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cast
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 89 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 66 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 173 cm