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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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