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Pencil sketch of Serpent Mound in field notebook.
Pencil sketch of Serpent Mound in field notebook.
Object Number 88-55-10/100460.2.1.1
Display Title Pencil sketch of Serpent Mound in field notebook.
Descriptions
Department Archival, Paper
Date ca 1887
Artist Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Ohio / Adams County / <City> / Serpent Mound
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 × 16.51 cm (4 × 6 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1

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Watercolor of serpent, "The Trail of the Serpent is Over Them All."
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Image Not Available for Field notes, burial place, Winthrop, MA
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Image Not Available for Explorations in California, FW Putnam field notes
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California