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Object Number
2004.29.25113
Display Title
Cut and perforated Unio shells
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Illinois"; printed on photograph: "Shells of Unio cut and perforated. / Mound on Bluff, St. Clair Co. Ill. / Mc Adams Col."
Department
Photographic
Culture
- Pre-Columbian Eastern North American periods
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Illinois
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St. Clair County
Materials
Cyanotype adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 22.86 × 18.415 cm (9 × 7 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
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