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Object Number 95-30-10/65693
Display Title Paint (yellow)
Descriptions
Object Description Paint (yellow). Clay
Inventory Description Pigment, wrapped in newspaper and cotton fabric, knotted
Classification
  • Pigment
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Dimensions Overall: 7.1 x 6.6 x 5.5 cm (2 13/16 x 2 5/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 95-30-10/65693
Provenance
Collector Thomas V. Keam
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (1895)

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