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Object Number 38-55-10/12945
Display Title Mixed red paint
Descriptions
Inventory Description Paint stick, yucca?, pointed, red brown pigment at end
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
Additional Geographic Terms Ramah; Atarque
Dimensions Overall: 13.1 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm (5 3/16 x 1/4 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 38-55-10/12945
Provenance
Collector Dr. Clyde Kay Maben Kluckhohn (1937 - 1938)
Collector Mr. Harry Tschopik, Jr. (1937 - 1938)
Donor Dr. Clyde Kay Maben Kluckhohn (1937 - 1938)
Donor Mr. Harry Tschopik, Jr. (1937 - 1938)

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