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Object Number
99-15-70/53879
Display Title
Ele, red (stone) dye for tapa printing
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Pigment chunk, reddish, slightly powdery surface
Classification
- Pigment
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Samoa
Materials
Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 5.2 x 4 x 2.4 cm (2 1/16 x 1 9/16 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53879
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
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