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Object Number
38-28-30/4181B
Display Title
Pigment
Descriptions
Object Description
4 raw cotton bundles with pigment and seeds: Red pigment: cinnabar (mercuric sulphide).: V I 17 Cotton Gossypuim probably peruvinnm Cav colored with Bixa Orellana L. (Onnatto) Det. by Paul A. Vestal Botanical Musuem, Harvard University July 8 1938: 30/481 V I 17 This red pigmant is not that y 13ixd Orellana L. Lid in the minusl Cinnabar ( Merceuric sulphide). The two "suls" are nut seeds, but are pellets /a mixture y illa mineral sphalerite (Zinc Sulfide) and are igunis substance, wither are ril a way. Cotton idutioul are gosspium botbadense L. Ma Torule.
Inventory Description
Organic, pigment, cinnabar
Classification
- Raw Material
- Pigment
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Paracas Necropolis
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Ica Region
/
Pisco Province
/
Paracas
/
Paracas Necropolis
Intrasite
Mummy bundle
Materials
Cinnabar
Quantity
1 bag
Label on object
38-28-30/4181
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38-28-30/4181C | Seeds |
Raw Material
Seed |
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 38-28-30/4181A | Cotton, raw |
Raw Material
Fiber |
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 38-28-30/4181 | 4 raw cotton bundles with pigment and seeds |
Raw Material
Fiber |
Paracas
| |
| 75-20-30/8828 | Grave marker, painted textile |
Woven Fiber
|
Ancon
| |
| 39-95-30/2102 | Textile, painted, fragment |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Pisco
| |
| 39-95-30/2103 | Textile, painted, fragment |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Pisco
| |
| 75-20-30/8827 | Grave marker, painted textile |
Woven Fiber
|
Ancon
| |
| 38-28-30/4200 | Gourd |
Organic
|
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 2003.1.902 | Raw cotton balls, some dirty, with small fragments of twigs & seeds |
Cotton
| ||
| 46-77-30/9068B | Cotton boll |
Fiber
Raw Material |
Huacho
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Earth containing Cinnabar and a yellow pigment
| 95-42-20/C684 | Earth containing Cinnabar and a yellow pigment |
Raw Material
|
Copan
| |
| 38-28-30/4188 | Maize kernel |
Seed
|
Paracas Necropolis
|