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Object Number
46-73-10/44391.3
Display Title
Shell with paint pigment
Descriptions
Object Description
Large shell containing clumps of red paint pigment.
Inventory Description
Organic, shell, large bivalve, containing red pigment
Classification
- Organic
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Hohokam
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
/
Maricopa County
/
<City>
/
Los Muertos
Intrasite
Ruin VII
Additional Geographic Terms
Salt River Valley; Salado, Lower
Materials
Shell, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 13.4 x 11.3 x 4.2 cm (5 1/4 x 4 7/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1 shell; 7 pigment fragments
Label on object
VII/ 2679; 46-73-10/44391
Provenance
Collector
Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition
(01/01/1886-01/01/1889)
Collector
Frank Hamilton Cushing
(01/01/1886-01/01/1889)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(11/15/1946)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 46-73-10/44391.9 | Shell with paint pigment |
Utilized Shell
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Los Muertos
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| 46-73-10/44391.10 | Shell with paint pigment |
Los Muertos
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for Shell with paint pigment
| 46-73-10/44391.2 | Shell with paint pigment |
Los Muertos
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| 46-73-10/44391.6 | Shell with paint pigment |
Utilized Shell
|
Los Muertos
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| 46-73-10/44391.7 | Large bivalvular shell, interior traces of pigment |
Utilized Shell
|
Los Muertos
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| 46-73-10/57259 | Lumps of pigment (yellow ochre?), found in cardium shell or dosina shell. |
Raw Material
|
Los Muertos
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| 46-73-10/57027 | Complete dosinia shell with red pigment stains on interior - 11.2 x 11.0 cm. |
Shell
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Los Muertos
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| 46-73-10/44391.4 | Large bivalvular shell |
Utilized Shell
|
Los Muertos
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| 46-73-10/57258 | Pieces of gray & white rock, found in cardium shell or dosina shell--clay? |
Raw Material
|
Los Muertos
| |
| 46-73-10/44391.5 | Bivalvular shell |
Utilized Shell
|
Los Muertos
| |
| 46-73-10/44391.8 | Large bivalvular shell |
Utilized Shell
|
Los Muertos
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| 46-73-10/44387 | Pigment fragments, yellow |
Raw Material
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Los Muertos
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