Paint

Museum number:
1-10743
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010743
Alternate number:
729 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.264, Acc.265, and Acc.266
Description:
White paint.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Teshechu
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Fresno; Ticetcu
Culture or time period:
Choynimni
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
February 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Painting supplies
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
The paint is chewed and applied to the skin with the finger.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Native name: "hosot". Remarks: Obtained by trade from the Paiutes. It was said by the owner to be found only in the Paiute Country and to be obtained by the Yokuts from them. See 1-10762.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paint, accession number 1-10743, described as White paint.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paint, accession number 1-10743, described as White paint.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paint, accession number 1-10743, described as White paint.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paint, accession number 1-10743, described as White paint.

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