Vol.18.p.439
Diary Transcription:
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Thursday, August 5, 1926 (continued)
(1) G 7000 X (continued)
No. 854: See pages 728-729 and A4038, A4040.
Wood, inlays, etc. lying on leg 776.
[ILLUSTRATION] part of L (lily), length 3.9
Apparently this is the fourth lily or part of it, the opposite side was perhaps the third lily found against the west wall.
No. 855: See A4038.
Mass of wood, plaster, stone inlays, and silver oxide at southeast corner of leg 776.
*A4041: no. 853 and area, looking east
No. 853: See A4041.
Fragment of gold disc like those south of palm capital (No. 437), edges down.
[ILLUSTRATION] D 11.6
*B6014: inlays west of top of headrest, looking east-eastnorth
*B6015: south end of leg (776), etc, looking east
*A4042: no. 842, etc. as is, looking south
Friday, August 6, 1926
Work on:
(1) G 7000 X
(1) G 7000 X
Wheeler drew plan 1:1 of 856 - 870, see notes page 738.
No. 856: See page 738 and A4041.
Stick wood [ILLUSTRATION] 7.4 x .65 x .55
Top side, very smooth.
No. 857: Rilled gold sheet from rod, like 838, fine rills, overlapped edges, H 18.2, W sheet 8
No. 858: See page 738 and A4041.
Small overlap piece from rilled rod, H 1.8, W 6
Underneath 857 were remains of decayed wood, the core of 857, treated celluloid solution.
No. 859: See page 738 and B6014.
Group of inlays over and about the rilled rod (No. 860).
(1)-(37) from K third row (or similar), but (27) from row 5
[ILLUSTRATION]
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Details
- ID
- HUMFA_Vol.18.p.439
- Alternate IDs
- Vol.18.p.439; HUMFA_Vol.18.p.439
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Documentation-Expedition diary pages
- Entry Date
- 08/05/1926; 08/06/1926
- Title
- Vol.18.p.439
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
