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Section of body of serpent.
Object Number 2004.29.2232
Display Title Section of body of serpent.
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Ohio. Adams County, Serpent Mound. / Section of body of serpent. / Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. / [verso] M.H. Saville, Photographer."
Keywords
  • Site and Excavation
  • Archaeological
Subject
  • Site
Department Photographic
Date 1883-1891
Artist Marshall H. Saville
Culture
  • Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Ohio / Adams County / <City> / Serpent Mound
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 15.24 x 20.32 cm (6 x 8 in.)

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