Word: mural
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...most important of the recent gifts is a series of colored copies of the mural paintings in the Temple of Tigers at Chichen Itza, Yucatan, reproduced by Miss A. C. Breton, and presented by Miss Breton and Miss Mary--Ware...
...valuable specimens illustrative of the life and customs of the North American Indians. Dr. L. C. Jones '87 has secured for the Museum a large number of objects from the Pacific islands and from different parts of North and South America. Among other gifts, a collection of reproductions of mural paintings and frescos in Yucatan, and an old manuscript volume in the Pocom language of Guatemala have been received...
...Smith, who is a well known artist, executed the mural decorations in the Boston Public Library, and on the exterior of Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia. He also made copies for the Boston Museum of Fine Arts of "Alexander Sarcophagus," in the Imperial Museum, Constantinople...
...known as the H--Y--P Club, have been definitely made, and the committee in charge has selected rooms on the second floor of the "Golden Roof" building, one of the mediaeval structures in the "Tyrolean Alps." The rooms are decorated in old German style with highly colored mural figures, to which have been added the flags and coats-of-arms of the three colleges. A dining-room, separate from the public cafe, but served from the same kitchen, will be reserved for members and guests of the club...
...Guatemala, and made a valuable collection illustrating Indian arts and customs, and also secured a large collection of photographs of Indians. Mr. E. H. Thompson completed explorations of the ruins of Chacmultum, an ancient city in Yucatan, from which he sent photographs, moulds of stellae and copies of mural paintings. Mr. Teobert Maler conducted very extensive explorations in several ancient cities in the valleys of the Usumatsintla, Guatemala, including the hitherto unknown city of Piedras Negras...