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Object Number
2004.1.149.27
Display Title
Taylor Mound, view of Stone Grave, showing mat over chest of skeleton
Descriptions
Object Description
Printed on board: "'Taylor Mound' / Oregonia, Warren Co., Ohio / View of Stone Grave, Showing Mat Over Chest of Skeleton"; Written on Board: "[verso] Photo 118 - Plate 23. Oregonia Warren Co, Ohio, / "Taylor Mound," / Photo by Harlan Smith 1891. Aug. 22. / Exhorakan(?) Warren(?) Moorehead, / View from above at grave # (W.K.U.) in / stone grave showing mat over chest. / The soil had not filled the stone (?) / 20 on lifting the above we had this / view as given (?) Troweling was required in this grave"
Department
Photographic
Date
August 1891
Artist
Harlan Ingersoll Smith
Culture
- Pre-Columbian Eastern North American periods
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Ohio
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Warren County
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Oregonia
Additional Geographic Terms
Taylor Mound
Dimensions
Overall: 15.24 × 20.32 cm (6 × 8 in.)
Quantity
1
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