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Showing three full folds of the serpent from the neck to the central portion of the body
Showing three full folds of the serpent from the neck to the central portion of the body
Object Number 2004.1.147.39
Display Title Showing three full folds of the serpent from the neck to the central portion of the body
Descriptions
Object Description Written on Board: "Serpent Mound Park, Adams Co., Ohio. / Peabody Museum Amer. Archaeology and Ethnology, / Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. / John Cone Kimball, / Photographer, 1887. / 16 - Showing three full folds of the Serpent from the neck to the central portion of the body."
Department Photographic
Date 1887
Artist John Cone Kimball
Culture
  • Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Ohio / Adams County / <City> / Serpent Mound Park
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 10.795 × 17.145 cm (4 1/4 × 6 3/4 in.)

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