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Object Number
46-73-10/88369
Display Title
Ma'-thlai-a-la-ku or sacred green paint (oxide carbonate of copper).
Descriptions
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Arizona
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Pinal County
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<City>
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Casa Grande
Intrasite
Outlying ruins; in middle of pyral mound; N. boundary.
Additional Geographic Terms
Gila River, Middle Fork
Provenance
Collector
Frank Hamilton Cushing
(01/01/1886-01/01/1889)
Collector
Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition
(01/01/1886-01/01/1889)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(11/15/1946)
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