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ca.1873. Photograph of Nunnery, North Budiling: right (east) end, showing remarkable survival of the 2 corner mask stacks.
Photograph by Augustus Le Plongeon, ca. 1873. Scanned from high quality 35mm slide provided by the Getty Research Institute, taken from an original photograph in their collection. Reproduced with permission. Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (96.R.137-455). |
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2001. Right (east) end, with remarkably surviving corner masks stacks. Top mask
on left and doorway area entirely restored (cf. photo at left).
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Reinforced concrete lintel
deteriorating.
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Southeast corner; showing
relation of corner mask stack to front facade and curved backing
for corner mask stacks.
Jan. 2001 |
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Northeast corner mask stack;
showing that the 4 masks are almost identical.
Jan. 2001 |
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Profile view of same northeast corner, showing unusual
survival of bottom 2 snouts, with curled uptuned ends (cf.
photo above-far left).
Jan. 2001 |
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1917. "Fig. 46. Uxmal. House of the Nuns. North structure. Serpent head, from the middle section of the surrounding ledge, on the corner diagonally protruding."
Scanned from Eduard Seler, “Die Ruinen von Uxmal", 1917 (fig. 46). |
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2001. Photograph of serpent head in drawing at left.
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Detail of serpent head and surviving snout seen in photo directly above.
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"Fig. 56. Uxmal. House of the Nuns. North building. Mask from the mask column at the north east corner of the building."
Scanned from Eduard Seler, “Die Ruinen von Uxmal", 1917 (fig. 57). |
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"Fig. 57. Uxmal. House of the Nuns. North building. Mask from the mask column on the south east corner of the building."
Scanned from Eduard Seler, “Die Ruinen von Uxmal", 1917 (fig. 56).
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Northeast corner, showing
curving back behind top of corner mask stack.
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