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Object Number 2004.29.2789
Display Title Pictograph
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Vermont (Brattleboro) / Indian Picture Writing near Brattleboro. / From Prof. Edward Hitchcock of Amherst College. / Presented to the Peabody Museum by J. Wyman. Oct 1866. / Figured by Schoolcraft Part 6 - P. 606 - 1866. / 9650. / [verso] From Dr. JBS(?) Jackson to whom it was given by Dr. Hitchcock of Amherst."
Keywords
  • Archaeological
  • Writing and Record
Subject
  • Pictograph
Department Photographic
Date 1866
Culture
  • Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Vermont / Windham County / Brattleboro
Dimensions Overall: 19.05 x 23.5 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Museum Collection
Provenance
Donor Donated by Prof. E. Hitchcock

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