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Cranium, anterior
Media Restricted
Object Number 2004.29.796.10
Display Title Cranium, anterior
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Illinois. / Circumference 20 - Height 4.5 - Long Diam. 6.5 - Bi-parietal diam. 6. / Skulls of Mound Builders from Albany, Illinois-- Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci. From Peabody Museum Science, Salem, 1891 - P.M. Nos. 47964"
Keywords
  • Human Remains
  • Archaeological
Subject
  • Skull
Department Photographic
Date 1891
Culture
  • Pre-Columbian Eastern North American styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Illinois / Whiteside County / Albany
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 6.35 x 10.16 cm (2 1/2 x 4 in.)

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