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Image Not Available for Yellow ochre. Illustrating material used in pottery making.
Yellow ochre. Illustrating material used in pottery making.
Image Not Available for Yellow ochre. Illustrating material used in pottery making.
Object Number 30-21-10/A6990
Display Title Yellow ochre. Illustrating material used in pottery making.
Descriptions
Object Description Yellow ochre. Illustrating material used in pottery making.
Inventory Description Yellow ochre pigment
Classification
  • Organic
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Minnesota
Materials Pigment
Quantity 1
Provenance
Provenance Unknown (?)
Collector Unknown (Unknown)
Donor Harvard Mineralogical Museum (1930)

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Raw Material
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Raw Material
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Pigment
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Raw Material
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Raw Material
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Chipping debris
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Clay
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Pigment
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Ochre
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Image Not Available for Yellow ochre
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Non-cultural
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