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Object Number 79-4-10/20210
Display Title Red Ochre
Descriptions
Object Description Pigment - red. Red ochre.
Inventory Description Red ochre
Classification
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Date A.D. 1350 - 1550
Culture
  • Parkin Phase
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arkansas / Cross County / <City> / Stanley Mounds; Parkin Site; Arkansas State # 3CS29
Intrasite Mound 3
Additional Geographic Terms St. Francis River, East side of; Memphis, 35 miles west of
Materials Pigment
Quantity 2
Label on object 20210
Provenance
Collector Edwin Curtiss (01/01/1879)
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (01/01/1879)

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