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Watercolor of serpent, "The Trail of the Serpent is Over Them All."
Watercolor of serpent, "The Trail of the Serpent is Over Them All."
Object Number 88-55-10/100460.2.4
Display Title Watercolor of serpent, "The Trail of the Serpent is Over Them All."
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
Materials Watercolor
Dimensions Overall: 9.525 × 15.875 cm (3 3/4 × 6 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1

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Reproduction of "The Trail of the Serpent is Over Them All"
2004.24.28128 Reproduction of "The Trail of the Serpent is Over Them All"
Serpent Mound
Cherry Tree Mound in Serpent Mound park. Stones over upper burials.
2004.29.2214 Cherry Tree Mound in Serpent Mound park. Stones over upper burials.
Serpent Mound
Image Not Available for Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 8- Ohio Mounds - Serpent Mound, OH (funding drive) 1887 (22 items)
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Serpent Mound
Image Not Available for Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 13- Ohio Mounds - Serpent Mound Park 1887-88, n.d. (9 items)
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Serpent Mound
Image Not Available for Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 11- Ohio Mounds - Serpent Mound research 1887 (1 item)
2019.1.17.1.11 Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 11- Ohio Mounds - Serpent Mound research 1887 (1 item)
Serpent Mound
Image Not Available for Sketch of serpent mound
88-55-10/100460.2.5 Sketch of serpent mound
Serpent Mound
Image Not Available for Sketch of serpent mound
88-55-10/100460.2.6 Sketch of serpent mound
Serpent Mound
Pencil sketch of Serpent Mound in field notebook.
88-55-10/100460.2.1.1 Pencil sketch of Serpent Mound in field notebook.
Serpent Mound
Image Not Available for Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 8- Ohio Mounds - Serpent Mound, OH (funding drive) 1887
2019.1.17.1.8.1 Peabody Museum Director Records- Putnam, Frederic Ward- Box 1, Folder 8- Ohio Mounds - Serpent Mound, OH (funding drive) 1887
Serpent Mound
Folds of Serpent looking towards tail.
2004.29.2244 Folds of Serpent looking towards tail.
Serpent Mound
Media Restricted
 		2004.29.2219 Skeleton found in Serpent Mound bench.
Serpent Mound
Coils of Serpent's tail
2004.29.2245 Coils of Serpent's tail
Serpent Mound