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Object Number 30-54-70/D3446
Display Title Yellow ochre
Descriptions
Inventory Description Raw material, ochre, yellow, used for painting
Classification
  • Mineral
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yolngu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory / Arnhem Land
Additional Geographic Terms Northeast
Materials Ochre
Dimensions Overall: 8.3 x 7.8 x 3.4 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D3446
Provenance
Collector W. Lloyd Warner (1929-1930)
Seller W. Lloyd Warner (1930)

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