Mexican Ambassador Jose Juan de Olloqui and Secretary S. Dillon Ripley with Chac-Mool Sculpture

ID: SIA RU000371 [76-16991-05]

Creator: Hofmeister, Richard K

Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1976

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: January 1977, Image No. 76-16991-05

Summary

At preview of "Chac-Mool: A Bicentennial Loan from Mexico" exhibition at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

Also known as 76-16991-5.
Original film available in SIA Acc. 11-009.
Featured in the "Torch," January 1977: "Following formal dedication ceremonies November 18 at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Secretary Ripley and Mexican Ambassador Jose Juan de Olloqui posed with the celebrated Chac-Mool from Chichen-Itza, a classic example of Maya Toltec sculpture on loan to the Smithsonian from the people of Mexico in commemoration of the United States' Bicentennial."
Composite photograph. Two prints of 76-16991-05 were combined to place the chac-mool in front of the Ambassador and Secretary.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: January 1977, Image No. 76-16991-05

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Chichén Itzá Site (Mexico)

Black-and-white photographs

SIA RU000371 [76-16991-05]

Gelatin silver prints; 8 x 6.5;