The Tombe of their Cherounes or cheife personages, their flesh clene taken of from the bones saue the skynn and heare of theire heads, which flesh is dried and enfolded in matts laide at theire feete. their bones also being made dry, or couered with deare skynns not altering their forme or proportion. With theire Kywash, which is an Image of woode keeping the deade. | Smithsonian Institution

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Object Details

Local Numbers: NAA INV.08524600 USNM Catalog 316532 OPPS NEG MNH.808A OPPS NEG.57541

Collection Art copyist: Praetorius, Charles
Collection Artist: White, John, active 1585-1593

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Extent: 1 Drawings (visual works) (7.5 x 11 inches mounted on 11.25 x 15. 75 inches)

Container: Box 2, Folder 2

Archival Repository: National Anthropological Archives

Type: Archival materials; Graphic Materials; Drawings (visual works)

Collection Rights: Contact the repository for terms of use.

Scope and Contents: Number 9: An ossuary temple

Collection Restrictions: The collection is open for research. Access to the collection requires an appointment.

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Record ID: ebl-1646387400373-1646387400810-0

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3df93e59d-d18a-45e5-ac61-eb03f72c3583

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