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Yellow ochre, crushed
Object Number 98-9-10/51799
Display Title Yellow ochre, crushed
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pigment, powdered
Classification
  • Mineral
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
Additional Geographic Terms New Mexico, Northwest; Navajo Reservation
Materials Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 6.2 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm (2 7/16 x 1 3/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1 Bottle
Label on object 51799
Provenance
Collector George H. Pepper (1897)
Donor Frederick E. Hyde, Jr. (1898)
Donor B. Talbot B. Hyde (1898)

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