Mineral sample

Museum number:
5-11787
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2879
Description:
Mineral, soft red, possibly used as pigment; easily crumbled; pieces of various sizes.
Donor:
Thomas D. Lanagan and W. H. Lawson
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Hausa att.
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Collector:
Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection date:
before July 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mineral and rock samples
Function:
8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Accession date:
July 27, 1972
Context of use:
Possibly used as pigment.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mineral sample, accession number 5-11787, described as Mineral, soft red, possibly used as pigment; easily crumbled; pieces of various sizes.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mineral sample, accession number 5-11787, described as Mineral, soft red, possibly used as pigment; easily crumbled; pieces of various sizes.

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