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Object Number 76-20-10/10095
Display Title Red and black paint
Descriptions
Object Description Red and black paint in two bags.
Inventory Description Pigment bundles, red and black, cloth pouches bound together w/ vegetable fiber
Classification
  • Pigment
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mohave
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Dimensions Overall: 9.3 x 3.4 x 1.4 cm (3 11/16 x 1 5/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 10.095
Provenance
Collector Dr. Edward Palmer (March 1876 - 1876)
Collector Peabody Museum Expedition (March 1876 - 1876)

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