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Object Number
2004.29.762
Display Title
Three inscribed pendants
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Illinois. / Photo abt. 2/3 nat. size. / 1. From a Stone Grave St. Clair, Ill. Abt. 7 miles from St. Louis. (a cast of this also) / 2. With the bones of a skeleton in a mound in St. Clair Co. Ill. about 7 miles from St. Louis. / 3. From breast of a skeleton in mound in New Madrid. S. Mo. See C. Croswell's paper on same in Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci. 1877 p. 537. "
Presented by Dr. F.F. Hilder of St. Louis March 1879. See letter of March 25.
Keywords
- Archaeological
Subject
- Pendant
Department
Photographic
Date
March 1879
Culture
- Mississippian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Illinois
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St. Clair County
Intrasite
Stone grave
Additional Geographic Terms
St. Clair, Ill. Abt. 7 miles from St. Louis
Materials
Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 6.35 x 16.51 cm (2 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
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