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"9. Ornament over the Principal Doorway, Casa del Gobernador Uxmal".
Chromolithograph in Frederick Catherwood, Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, 1844 (Pl. IX). Based on Catherwood’s 1839-42 on-site drawing, but for this lavish folio slightly straightened and reconstructed. This image scanned from a 35mm slide taken from a copy in the AMNH (RF-13-K). Reproduced Courtesy of The Library, Special Collections, American Museum of Natural History.