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Serpent Mound showing three full folds of the serpent from the neck to center
Serpent Mound showing three full folds of the serpent from the neck to center
Object Number 2004.29.2256
Display Title Serpent Mound showing three full folds of the serpent from the neck to center
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Serpent Mound Park, Adams Co., Ohio. / Peabody Museum Amer. Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. / John Cone Kimball, Photographer, 1887. / 16--Showing three full folds of the Serpent from the neck to the central portion of the body."
Keywords
  • Archaeological
  • Site and Excavation
Subject
  • Mound
  • fold
  • Serpent
Department Photographic
Date 1887
Artist John Cone Kimball
Culture
  • Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Ohio / Adams County / <City> / Serpent Mound
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 10.8 x 17.78 cm (4 1/4 x 7 in.)

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