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Image Not Available for Original drawings of artifacts from grave of skeleton 1 for Putnam's paper on Serpent Mound in Century Magazine
Original drawings of artifacts from grave of skeleton 1 for Putnam's paper on Serpent Mound in Century Magazine
Image Not Available for Original drawings of artifacts from grave of skeleton 1 for Putnam's paper on Serpent Mound in Century Magazine
Object Number 88-55-10/100460.1.7
Display Title Original drawings of artifacts from grave of skeleton 1 for Putnam's paper on Serpent Mound in Century Magazine
Descriptions
Department Archival, Oversize Paper
Date ca. 1887
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Ohio / Adams County / <City> / Serpent Mound
Materials Paper , Graphite ,
Dimensions Overall: 45 × 61 cm (17 11/16 × 24 in.)
Quantity 1

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