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Object Number 2004.29.2245
Display Title Coils of Serpent's tail
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Ohio. Adams County, Serpent Mound. / Coils of Serpent's tail. 1883."
Keywords
  • Site and Excavation
  • Archaeological
Subject
  • Tail
  • Serpent
  • Mound
Department Photographic
Date 1883
Artist Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam
Culture
  • Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Ohio / Adams County / <City> / Serpent Mound
Dimensions Overall: 9.53 x 17.15 cm (3 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.)

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