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Object Number
2004.29.2257
Display Title
Serpent mound showing the convolutions of the body of the serpent.
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. / 17-- Showing the convolutions of the Body of the Serpent."
Keywords
- Site and Excavation
- Archaeological
Subject
- Mound
- fold
- Serpent
Department
Photographic
Date
1887
Culture
- Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Ohio
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Adams County
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<City>
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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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