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Silver items
Object Number 2004.29.1774
Display Title Silver items
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Silver. In Am. Ant. Soc.; Underside is flat. This is the silver band which Dr. Hildreth found in a mound at Marietta, O. in 1819 and described as part of a "swon scabbard," see F.W Putnam's act. in (?) Am. Ant. Soc., Mar, (?) 1883. / Meteoric Iron. P.M. No. 29983. Under side flat. Upper side corrugated. From Altar of Mound, 3 Turner Group." Copper- P.M. no. 18313under side flat. Mound in Tennessee.
Keywords
  • Archaeological
  • Worked and Unspecified Material
Subject
  • worked
  • Silver
  • Iron
  • Copper
Department Photographic
Date 1883?
Artist Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam
Culture
  • Southeast
  • Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Ohio / Hamilton County / Anderson Township / Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Intrasite Mounds
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 18.42 x 23.5 cm (7 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Museum Collection

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Image Not Available for Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 9- Ohio Mounds - Turner Mounds artifact drawing (Cresson) and section plan, n.d. ( 2 items)
2019.1.17.1.9 Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 9- Ohio Mounds - Turner Mounds artifact drawing (Cresson) and section plan, n.d. ( 2 items)
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Image Not Available for Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 8- Ohio Mounds - Serpent Mound, OH (funding drive) 1887 (22 items)
2019.1.17.1.8 Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 8- Ohio Mounds - Serpent Mound, OH (funding drive) 1887 (22 items)
Serpent Mound
Image Not Available for Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 13- Ohio Mounds - Serpent Mound Park 1887-88, n.d. (9 items)
2019.1.17.1.13 Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 13- Ohio Mounds - Serpent Mound Park 1887-88, n.d. (9 items)
Serpent Mound
Cuff bracelet, flat silver band inlaid with coral nuggets, stamped designs
986-28-10/59814 Cuff bracelet, flat silver band inlaid with coral nuggets, stamped designs
Bracelet
United States
Image Not Available for Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 20- Ohio Mounds - Boston Herald clippings 1886 (3 items)
2019.1.17.1.20 Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 20- Ohio Mounds - Boston Herald clippings 1886 (3 items)
Ohio
Image Not Available for Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 19- Ohio Mounds - Cincinnati Tablet (mss. & letters) 1885 (14 items)
2019.1.17.1.19 Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 19- Ohio Mounds - Cincinnati Tablet (mss. & letters) 1885 (14 items)
Cincinnati
Image Not Available for Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 5- Ohio Mounds 1882-89 (9 items) [old accession file 302]
2019.1.17.1.5 Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 5- Ohio Mounds 1882-89 (9 items) [old accession file 302]
Ohio
Image Not Available for Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 7- Ohio Mounds - Madisonville Cemetery (Ferris Tract) 1897 - 1923 (60 items)
2019.1.17.1.7 Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 7- Ohio Mounds - Madisonville Cemetery (Ferris Tract) 1897 - 1923 (60 items)
Madisonville
Image Not Available for Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 6- Ohio Mounds - Madisonville Cemetery (Ferris Tract) 1897 - 1913 (68 items)
2019.1.17.1.6 Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 6- Ohio Mounds - Madisonville Cemetery (Ferris Tract) 1897 - 1913 (68 items)
Madisonville
Image Not Available for Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 12- Ohio Mounds - maps (with letter) 1892, n.d. (4 items) [old accession file 302]
2019.1.17.1.12 Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 12- Ohio Mounds - maps (with letter) 1892, n.d. (4 items) [old accession file 302]
Ohio
Image Not Available for Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 10- Ohio Mounds - Jacksontown 1895 (3 items)
2019.1.17.1.10 Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 10- Ohio Mounds - Jacksontown 1895 (3 items)
Licking County
Image Not Available for Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 17- Ohio Mounds - Knowlton's tablet , n.d. (2 items) [old accession file 262]
2019.1.17.1.17 Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 17- Ohio Mounds - Knowlton's tablet , n.d. (2 items) [old accession file 262]
Ohio