Mineral pigment

Museum number:
3-3013
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Accession number:
Acc.620
Description:
Red mineral pigment, chiefly of red hematite (an iron oxide), used for face and pottery
Donor:
Edward W. Gifford and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Parker, La Paz County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
U.S. Arizona, Parker, Cocopa
Culture or time period:
Cocopah
Collector:
Edward W. Gifford
Collection date:
1926
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mineral and rock samples
Accession date:
1927
Context of use:
Used for face and pottery
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mineral pigment, accession number 3-3013, described as Red mineral pigment, chiefly of red hematite (an iron oxide), used for face and pottery
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mineral pigment, accession number 3-3013, described as Red mineral pigment, chiefly of red hematite (an iron oxide), used for face and potteryDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mineral pigment, accession number 3-3013, described as Red mineral pigment, chiefly of red hematite (an iron oxide), used for face and pottery

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