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Object TitleStela 6
Object Number:51-54-3
Current Location: Mexico and Central America Gallery
Currently On Display
Culture:Lowland Maya
Provenience: Belize
Caracol (Central America)
Culture Area: Central American
Date Made: 603
Early Date: 603
Late Date: 603
Section:American
Materials:Limestone
Height: 334.06 cm
Width: 74.07 cm
Thickness: 52.12 cm
Credit Line:Caracol Expedition; Linton Satterthwaite, 1951
Other Number:CA-10-27 - Field No SF

Description

Caracol Stela 6. Fragments assembled in Middle American Hall, 1953; approximately complete. Butt cutt off at Museum. Limestone.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Mexico and Central American Gallery (16 Nov 2019) View Objects in Exhibition
Mayan Gallery (1954 - 2001) View Objects in Exhibition
Mesoamerican Gallery (23 Mar 2001 - 2018) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Catalogue, Exhibition] Danien, Elin. 2002. Guide to the Mesoamerican Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Frontispiece; p. 12, fig. 11; p. 13, fig. 12View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Satterthwaite, Linton. 1954. "Sculptured Monuments from Caracol, British Honduras*". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 18. no. 1-2. pg. 3-45 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 5, fig. 2; p. 10, fig. 9; p. 12, fig. 10-11; p. 14, fig. 12; p. 20, fig. 22View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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