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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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