Mineral

Museum number:
1-10965
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
11 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.269 and Acc.270
Description:
Red mineral. Used to paint pottery, also used as face paint.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Cabazon Reservation, Coachella Valley, Riverside County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Riverside; Cabezon Reservation
Culture or time period:
Cahuilla
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
March 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mineral and rock samples
Function:
8.5 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Used to paint pottery, also used as face paint.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Loans:
S1962-1963 #9: Palm Springs Desert Museum (September 1, 1962–October 5, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mineral, accession number 1-10965, described as Red mineral. Used to paint pottery, also used as face paint.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mineral, accession number 1-10965, described as Red mineral. Used to paint pottery, also used as face paint.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mineral, accession number 1-10965, described as Red mineral. Used to paint pottery, also used as face paint.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mineral, accession number 1-10965, described as Red mineral. Used to paint pottery, also used as face paint.

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