Jar of soot mixed with liquid - used in painting tapa cloth – Objects

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Object Number 41-60-70/2008

Display Title Jar of soot mixed with liquid - used in painting tapa cloth

Descriptions

Inventory Description Soot sample, formerly liquid, chunks, in Marmite jar

Classification

Soot

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Fiji

Additional Geographic Terms Tunuloa; Vanua Levir

Materials Soot

Dimensions Overall: 6.7 x 7 x 5.3 cm (2 5/8 x 2 3/4 x 2 1/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 41-60-70/2008

Provenance

Collector Tucker Abbott (1940-1941)

Donor Donated by Tucker Abbott (06/05/1941)

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
	41-60-70/2007	Jar of soot - used in painting tapa cloth	Soot	Fiji
	41-60-70/2006	Small bottle of red pigment mixed with liquid - for painting tapa cloth	Pigment	Fiji
	48-56-70/3165	Red paint - ground and mixed with shark oil - used for painting faces +	Pigment	New Zealand
	34-119-10/100561.1.125	Two huge cooking pots and heat soot on outer surface		HR Taylor farm
Image Not Available for 7 potsherds from a restorable bowl: white on red with soot blackened base	46-77-30/8677	7 potsherds from a restorable bowl: white on red with soot blackened base	Jar	La Capilla
	46-77-30/6914	Large shell probably used for drinking liquids, string drawn through +	Ornament	Peru
Image Not Available for 1 aqua green glass bottle, cork and liquid in bottle. used in the household. sym	977-19-10/57771	1 aqua green glass bottle, cork and liquid in bottle. used in the household. sym		Medfield sewer
	2004.29.1882	Cut through bank at north end. Black soot on top of burnt clay.		Fosters Little Miami Valley
	12-61-70/10861.1.3030	Tagbanua manuscripts written on bamboo with soot rubbed into letters		Palawan Province
	12-61-70/10861.1.3034	Tagbanua manuscript written on bamboo with soot rubbed into letters		Palawan Province
	36-105-70/439	Leaves used for abortion after being soaked in liquid	Floral	New Guinea
	37-105-50/3112	Wooden funnel used for pouring liquid into small opening	Tools	Africa

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