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Object Number 38-55-10/12947
Display Title Mixed yellow paint
Descriptions
Inventory Description Paint stick, wood, 1 end worked to a point, remnants of yellow and brown pigment
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
Additional Geographic Terms Ramah; Atarque
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 14.9 x 0.8 x 0.4 cm (5 7/8 x 5/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 38-55-10/12947
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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