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Yellow ochre, natural form
Yellow ochre, natural form
Object Number 98-9-10/51800
Display Title Yellow ochre, natural form
Descriptions
Inventory Description Yellow ochre clumps, in bag.
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 Yellow ochre
Dimensions Overall: 3.5 x 3.2 x 1.5 cm (1 3/8 x 1 1/4 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1 bag
Provenance
Collector George H. Pepper (1897)
Donor B. Talbot B. Hyde (1898)
Donor Frederick E. Hyde, Jr. (1898)

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