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Object Number
2004.1.147.60
Display Title
First and second convolutions of the body of the serpent
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. / 15 - The first and second convolutions of the Body of the Serpent. First to the south, then to the north- / east, then to the south, extending across the ridge of the hill."
Department
Photographic
Date
1887
Artist
John Cone Kimball
Culture
- Northeast
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 × 17.4625 cm (4 5/16 × 6 7/8 in.)
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