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Object Number 41-60-70/2006
Display Title Small bottle of red pigment mixed with liquid - for painting tapa cloth
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pigment sample, formerly liquid, blackish, in vial with cork stopper
Classification
  • Pigment
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Additional Geographic Terms Tunuloa; Vanua Levir
Materials Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 9.3 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm (3 11/16 x 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 41-60-70/2006

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