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Object Number
2004.29.25114
Display Title
Carved shell and slate objects
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Illinois"; printed on photograph: "Face carved on shell. / Mc Adams / Col. / Carved on slate. This surface covered / with copper. / Mound, on Macoupin Creek, Green Co., Ill."
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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Greene County
Additional Geographic Terms
Macoupin Creek
Materials
Cyanotype adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 19.05 × 13.97 cm (7 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
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