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Central of original 5
doorways; modern concrete lintel added and collapsed area of wall above
lintel filled in.
Jan. 2002 |
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North half of lower facade
showing projecting, broken snouts; central doorway at right.
Jan. 2001 |
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Central doorway; modern reinforced concrete
lintels installed 1951.
Jan. 2001 |
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Bisymmetrical mosaic mask:
mouth at bottom, above are eyes with upper and lower eyelids, at sides are ears with ear ornaments above and below.
Jan. 2002 |
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Same mask showing snout step,
severly broken at bottom; unrelated mosaic piece serving
as temporary part of step instead of upward curved end of snout.
Jan. 2002 |
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Top of snout in photos at left, showing
depressions possibly used for candles.
Jan. 2002 |
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1844. "Interior of the Principal Building at Kabah". Showing original wooden
lintel and well preserved snout step, the bottom of
snout like a rolled mat.
Chromolithograph in Frederick Catherwood, Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, 1844 (Pl. XVI). Based on Catherwood’s 1839-42 on-site drawing. 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. |
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2003. Same central room; exceptionally deep jambstones in doorway to inner
back room, modern reinforced concrete lintel.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens) |
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2001. Same mask with snout steps
and ornate roll-like spool step above; snout wider than on most other mask snout
steps.
Jan. 2001 |
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1923? Same mask snout step as in photos above.
Top of step seems to be propped up for photo.
Possibly 1923. Scanned from a 35mm slide taken from a photograph at the AMNH (M. H. Saville Collection). Reproduced Courtesy of The Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History. |
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Same mask snout step, partly
restored, with ornate roll-like spool
step above snout.
Jan. 2001 |
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Same mask snout step, partly
restored, with ornate roll-like spool step above snout.
Jan. 2001 |
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