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Object Number
90-37-10/100161.35
Display Title
Full Skeleton found at Serpent Mound Park
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on Board: "Head (?) east + 2ft south of my assignment center of mound. / Skull crushed by weight of earth over it. (?) / Length from top of skull to heel exactly 6ft. / from hand to hand 3'9" / Skeleton in Peabody Museum / Has (?) fracture (?) / a (?) tooth / no wisdom / teeth. / [verso] P1277 / Skeleton found on ash-bed of / Serpent Mound / Adams Co., Oh"
Department
Photographic
Date
1887
Artist
John Cone Kimball
Culture
- Pre-Columbian Eastern North American styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Ohio
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Adams County
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<City>
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Serpent Mound Park
Dimensions
Overall: 10.9538 × 17.78 cm (4 5/16 × 7 in.)
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