# Robert Shippee's aerial photograph of the band (Shippee-Johnson expedition)

> The first published image of the band, and the reason it became known outside the valley.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/monte-sierpe-band-of-holes/artifacts/ART0D5PHCTY6HV7/robert-shippees-aerial-photograph-of-the-band-shippee  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

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**ART** 0D5PHCTY6HV7·Artifact · recording

# Robert Shippee's aerial photograph of the band (Shippee-Johnson expedition)

Recordingreproduced courtesy of the AMNH; not under the article licenceTaken 1931; published in National Geographic, 1933

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**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10237).

The first published image of the band, and the reason it became known outside the valley.

Robert Shippee, 1931. reproduced courtesy of the AMNH; not under the article licence

## Copies 1

**Photo** Robert Shippee · doi.org · reproduced courtesy of the AMNH; not under the article licencePrimary source: [Indigenous accounting and exchange at Monte Sierpe ('Band of Holes') in the Pisco Valley, Peru](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D5PGXYC4EXR/indigenous-accounting-and-exchange-at-monte-sierpe-band-of)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10237)

## Where it was made

[Monte Sierpe (Band of Holes)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D5PH0CG6ANT/monte-sierpe-band-of-holes) · Band of pits on a ridge

## Sources 1

- [Indigenous accounting and exchange at Monte Sierpe ('Band of Holes') in the Pisco Valley, Peru](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D5PGXYC4EXR/indigenous-accounting-and-exchange-at-monte-sierpe-band-of)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Robert Shippee's aerial photograph of the band (Shippee-Johnson expedition) [Artifact ART0D5PHCTY6HV7]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D5PHCTY6HV7
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**ART** 0D5PHCTY6HV7

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Recording

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American Museum of Natural History Library, negative 334709

Dated

taken 1931; published in National Geographic, 1933

Licence

reproduced courtesy of the AMNH; not under the article licence

Place

[Monte Sierpe (Band of Holes)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D5PH0CG6ANT/monte-sierpe-band-of-holes)

Part of

[Monte Sierpe, the "Band of Holes"](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/monte-sierpe-band-of-holes)

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