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Object Number
2004.29.2407
Display Title
Carved shell found with skeleton in mound
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "520 Tennessee. / 1862. / Carved Shell Mound. Tenn. / 20124. Mound Meigo Co. Tenn. Found with skeleton. / [verso] H. W. Whitney, Photographer, Central Sq., Cambridgeport, Mass."
Keywords
- Archaeological
- Sculpture General
Subject
- Carved
- Disc
Department
Photographic
Date
1850-1899
Artist
Horace Webster Whitney
Culture
- Southeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Tennessee
/
Meigs County
/
<City>
/
Mound M; Bank Harrison River
Additional Geographic Terms
Mexico County Town
Materials
Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 19.05 x 24.13 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
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