Paint cup

Museum number:
1-11827
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010011827
Accession number:
Acc.286
Description:
Ground stone paint cup. Flat, oval, with two depressions near center; straight incisions along entire perimeter on same side as depressions.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Murek, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Murek
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
May 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Paint cups
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
For mixing pigments.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 9.3 centimeters and width 6.4 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Paint cup, accession number 1-11827, described as Ground stone paint cup. Flat, oval, with two depressions near center; straight incisions along entire perimeter on same side as depressions.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paint cup, accession number 1-11827, described as Ground stone paint cup. Flat, oval, with two depressions near center; straight incisions along entire perimeter on same side as depressions.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paint cup, accession number 1-11827, described as Ground stone paint cup. Flat, oval, with two depressions near center; straight incisions along entire perimeter on same side as depressions.

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