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Three "alcaldes", i.e. village chiefs who, in addition to political and social duties, sometimes also fulfil religious obligations.

Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Photography
Dimensions
Height: 18,8 cm
Width: 13,8 cm
Height: 14 cm
Width: 11 cm
Material/Technique
mounted on cardboard
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VIII E 648

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1890
    where
    Guatemala
    San Pedro de las Huertas
    who
    Carlos Nehring - Photographers
    Maya
  • Collecting
    who
    Werner von Bergen - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
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