Paint and tray

Museum number:
2-15915a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210215915a@2cb
Alternate number:
9 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.747
Description:
(a) Black paint made from juice distilled from bee-weed, on (b) small polychrome tray.
Donor:
Norman E.A. Hinds
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Norman E.A. Hinds
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Painting supplies
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1939
Context of use:
Set showing various stages in manufacture of Hopi pottery 2-15906-15921.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(b)— diameter 7.3 centimeters
Loans:
S1961-1962 #11: Walden School, Berkeley/Eva Goldshield (August 28, 1961–September 25, 1961) and S1970-1971 #58: Hillside School/Millicent Kamisan (November 30, 1970–December 17, 1970)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paint and tray, accession number 2-15915a,b, described as (a) Black paint made from juice distilled from bee-weed, on (b) small polychrome tray.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paint and tray, accession number 2-15915a,b, described as (a) Black paint made from juice distilled from bee-weed, on (b) small polychrome tray.

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