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The Gass Tablets. No. 3.
Object Number 77-16-10/11282.1.3
Display Title The Gass Tablets. No. 3.
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: The Gass Tablets. No. 3. From Mound No. 3. Cook's Farm, near Davenport, Iowa. Found January 10, 1877, by Rev. J. Gass. From Davenport Acad. Nat. Sciences. March 12, 1877.
Keywords
  • Archaeological
  • Writing and Record
Subject
  • Tablet
Department Photographic
Date 1877
Culture
  • Prairie
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Iowa / Scott County / Davenport / Cook's farm
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 20.32 × 19.685 cm (8 × 7 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Davenport Academy of Science

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