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Object Number 41-60-70/2007
Display Title Jar of soot - used in painting tapa cloth
Descriptions
Inventory Description Soot sample, powdery, in Marmite jar, corroding metal lid
Classification
  • Soot
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Additional Geographic Terms Tunuloa; Vanua Levir
Materials Soot
Dimensions Overall: 8 x 8.3 x 6.4 cm (3 1/8 x 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 41-60-70/2007

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