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Plumed Serpent
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Original object is in Museum of Archaeology and History, Merida, Yucatan.
Department of American Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Joseph Lindon Smith; gift to Fogg Art Museum 1943.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Joseph Lindon Smith
Title: Plumed Serpent
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Original object is in Museum of Archaeology and History, Merida, Yucatan.
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