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Object Number
48-56-70/3165
Display Title
Red paint - ground and mixed with shark oil - used for painting faces +
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Pigment chunks, reddish brown, broken, crumbling
Classification
- Pigment
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Zealand
Materials
Mineral
Dimensions
Overall: 3.6 x 1.5 x 3.1 cm (1 7/16 x 9/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
48-56-70/3165
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Harry Clark
(1917 - 1948)
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