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Image Not Available for Cast of bird-shaped object carved from green serpentine
Cast of bird-shaped object carved from green serpentine
Image Not Available for Cast of bird-shaped object carved from green serpentine
Object Number 94-24-10/52207
Display Title Cast of bird-shaped object carved from green serpentine
Descriptions
Inventory Description Cast of bird shaped object, hollow body with 7 perforations, perforation through
Classification
  • Cast
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Ohio / Ross County / <City> / Hopewell Mound Group
Intrasite Effigy Mound; altar 2
Materials Plaster
Dimensions Overall: 8.3 x 2.8 x 1.7 cm (3 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52207
Provenance
Provenance Dr. Warren King Moorehead (1892)
Provenance Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam (1892)

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