| Museum Details |
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| Name: | Dumbarton Oaks Research Laboratory and Collection, Harvard University |
| Street Address: | 1703 32nd St, NW |
| City: | Washington |
| State: | District of Columbia |
| Country: | United States |
| Zipcode: | 20007 |
| Telephone: | 202-339-6401 |
| Fax: | 202-339-6419 |
| Email: | DumbartonOaks@doaks.org |
| Website: | http://www.doaks.org |
| Staff Contacts: | Dir: Edward L. Keenan;
Dept Dir / Cur (Pre-Columbian Studies):
Jeffrey Quilter 202-339-6440 QuilterJ@doaks.org;
Asst Cur (Pre-Col): Juan Antonio Murro;
Libr (Pre-Col Studies): Bridget Gazzo |
| Quality of Online Info: | Descriptive history of collection; List of objects |
| Size: | |
| Focus: | Pre-Columbian Gallery closed until 2007; Maya collection: sculpture, ceramic vessels decorated with relief and paint, Jaina figurines, jade and shell ornaments; Highlights: stone monuments and two relief tablets from Palenque and El Cayo, Door Lintel 1 from Kuna Lacanja, head of Maize God from Temple 22 in Copan, alabaster vessel |
| Source: | Grube, Nikolai, ed. Maya: Divine Kings of the Rain Forest. Cologne: Konemann, 2000. 452, 455.
Schulze, Marco and Boris Eggers, eds. Museums of the World. 11th Rev. and Enl. ed. Volume 2.
Handbook of International Documentation and Information Series. Volume 16.
Muchen: K.G. Saur, 2004. 821. U of Utah Libraries.
http://www.doaks.org |