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Shell beads from mound in Tennessee
Object Number 2004.29.2402
Display Title Shell beads from mound in Tennessee
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Tennessee. / Shell Beads, Mound, Tenn. / [verso] Photograph of Shell Beads from Tenn. / Specimens in Peabody Museum, Cambridge."
Keywords
  • Archaeological
Subject
  • Bead
  • Shell
Department Photographic
Date 1850-1899
Culture
  • Southeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Tennessee
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 15.24 x 20.32 cm (6 x 8 in.)

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