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This is a high relief bronze medallion. This one was issued by the Paris Mint commemorating the centennial of the Statue of Liberty. The medal measures 80 mm across and weights approximately 480 grams.

At Putnam's prodding, a "separate Anthropology Building on the fairgrounds" was meant to "prove the worth of building a permanent ethnological museum" (Rydell 57). Franz Boas and Joseph Jastrow were among the directors of this museum. This Mammoth…