Well, Bolom
Na Bolom is a museum in San Cristóbal de las Casas in the Mexican state of Chiapas . The name comes from the Tzotzil language and means house of the jaguar .
Originally the building complex, which was built in 1898, was a Catholic seminary , later the house of the Danish archaeologist Frans Blom (1893–1963) and the Swiss anthropologist and photographer Gertrude Duby-Blom (1901–1993).
They dedicated their lives to the Chiapas indigenous people and to studying their culture. Frans Blom discovered Mayan cult sites such as Palenque , Toniná and Chinkultic . Her house has served as a museum since her death.
Web links
- http://www.nabolom.org (Spanish)
Coordinates: 16 ° 44 ′ 29.9 " N , 92 ° 37 ′ 47.3" W.