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Picture Postcard of Precolumbian Mosaics Commemorating the 22nd International Congress of Americanists, Rome, September 1926
written by 22nd International Congress of Americanists, in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 5. Southwest Notes), Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico "Luigi Pigorini" (Rome, Lazio: Ricardo Garroni, 1926), 2 page(s)
A picture postcard depicts two precolumbian mosaic sculptures from Mexico, a mask and an animal figure, in green, red and white pieces on a brown substrate. Information printed in Italian on the back indicates they are part of the collection of the Luigi Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography of th...
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written by 22nd International Congress of Americanists, in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 5. Southwest Notes), Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico "Luigi Pigorini" (Rome, Lazio: Ricardo Garroni, 1926), 2 page(s)
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A picture postcard depicts two precolumbian mosaic sculptures from Mexico, a mask and an animal figure, in green, red and white pieces on a brown substrate. Information printed in Italian on the back indicates they are part of the collection of the Luigi Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography of the Roman College in Rome, Italy; and that the postcard was printed to commemorate the 22nd International Congress of Americanists in R...
A picture postcard depicts two precolumbian mosaic sculptures from Mexico, a mask and an animal figure, in green, red and white pieces on a brown substrate. Information printed in Italian on the back indicates they are part of the collection of the Luigi Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography of the Roman College in Rome, Italy; and that the postcard was printed to commemorate the 22nd International Congress of Americanists in Rome, September 1926. Minor bits of writing in pencil on the back include two dollar figures, some simple math and the words 'weep myth.'
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Miscellaneous artwork
Author / Creator
22nd International Congress of Americanists, Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico "Luigi Pigorini"
Date Published / Released
1926-09, 1926
Publisher
Ricardo Garroni
Topic / Theme
American Indians
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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22nd International Congress of Americanists, Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico "Luigi Pigorini"
Organization
Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library, 22nd International Congress of Americanists, Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico "Luigi Pigorini", Ricardo Garroni
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