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Small object shaped like four legged animal with flat long tail and hole in back
Small object shaped like four legged animal with flat long tail and hole in back
Object Number 2004.29.5916
Display Title Small object shaped like four legged animal with flat long tail and hole in back
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Kaskaskia a Illinois tribe. See Am. Athropology Vol. 10. p. 432. Coll. 1797, Judge Turner, Am. Philos. Soc. Phila."
Keywords
  • Effigy
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Effigy
  • Animal
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Illinois
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Illinois
Additional Geographic Terms Great Lakes; Riverine region
Materials Gelatin silver print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 12.07 x 17.78 cm (4 3/4 x 7 in.)

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