ARCHITECTURE, RESTORATION, AND IMAGING OF THE MAYA CITIES OF UXMAL, KABAH, SAYIL, AND LABNÁ
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1930 Leyrer & Blom

A selection of photographs and drawings from the 1930 Tulane expedition to Uxmal, led by Frans Blom, then Director of the Department of Middle American Research, Tulane University. This expedition produced drawings, photographs, and casts for the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago, and carried out extensive research. Except where noted, all photographs were taken by Dan Leyrer, a gifted photographer and member of the expedition staff. These images were scanned from 35mm slides I have taken of the original photographs and drawings. Reproduced with permission of the Middle American Research Institute (MARI), Tulane University. Special thanks to E. Wyllys Andrews V, Director, and Kathe Lawton, Assistant Director, for their generous help.



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Uxmal: looking north to Nunnery Quadrangle from the Great Pyramid.
1930 (M.31.4.476)
Uxmal: Nunnery Quadrangle; looking through archway entrance in South Building to inner courtyard and North Building.
1930 (M.31.4.534)
Uxmal: Nunnery, mask on facade of South Building; William Hayden and Enrique Alferez taking a cast.
1930 (M.31.4.537)
Nunnery, North Building, looking across courtyard to front facade; pillars of ruined Temple Y at base of North Building.
1930 (M.31.4.889)
Full size, reconstructed replica of North Building of the Nunnery, at 1933 Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago.
1933
Nunnery, North Building, southeast corner of east end.
1930 (M.31.4.884)
Nunnery Quadrangle; pillar, base, and capital of collapsed building at base of North Building, seen in photo above.
April 1930 (M.31.4.539)
Uxmal: "Stela #20 found in 27 fragments at the foot of the stairway to the North Bldg., Nunnery" (typed on back of photo); after reconstruction by Tulane expedition.
1930 (M.31.4.621)
Front of bottom portion of stela seen in photo at left.
1930 (M.31.4.624)
Uxmal: Nunnery, inside Temple Z at base of North Building, right side; painting on capstone.
1930 (M.31.4.540)
Drawing by Frans Blom of painting on capstone in photo at left.
1930 (M.31.4.543)
 
 

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