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Paintings (visual works)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Fragments of sculpture brought from ruins of Copan

 Item — Huntington box 41 - folder 1
Identifier: 9101
Scope and content

Painting of Mayan sculpture showing figures and heads of figures. Painting has provenance and publication notes written on it. The reverse describes the sculptures as being brought to the Peabody Museum at Harvard University from the Copan site in Honduras.

Dates: 1890 - 1899; 1910

Painting of Indian chief on wood

 Item — Huntington box 41 - folder 1
Identifier: 9097
Scope and content

Color painting of an unknown chief by an unknown artist. The artist has signed the work, but the name is indecipherable. Probably from one of the western or southwestern United States tribes.

Dates: undated.