Paint sample

Museum number:
16-9751
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1777
Description:
Sample of achiote base paint Nimbuchi: put on ramrods to hold sand (16-9750a) for ramming blowgun bored; sometimes used for face paint; contained in small undecorated bowl, pottery.
Donor:
Joyce Nies, Paul L. Powlison, Robert L. Russell, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Collector:
Paul L. Powlison and Summer Institute of Linguistics
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Painting supplies
Accession date:
1963
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Loans:
S1964-1965 #34b: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 25, 1964–March 25, 1966) and S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paint sample, accession number 16-9751, described as Sample of achiote base paint Nimbuchi: put on ramrods to hold sand (16-9750a) for ramming blowgun bored; sometimes used for face paint; contained in small undecorated bowl, pottery.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paint sample, accession number 16-9751, described as Sample of achiote base paint Nimbuchi: put on ramrods to hold sand (16-9750a) for ramming blowgun bored; sometimes used for face paint; contained in small undecorated bowl, pottery.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paint sample, accession number 16-9751, described as Sample of achiote base paint Nimbuchi: put on ramrods to hold sand (16-9750a) for ramming blowgun bored; sometimes used for face paint; contained in small undecorated bowl, pottery.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paint sample, accession number 16-9751, described as Sample of achiote base paint Nimbuchi: put on ramrods to hold sand (16-9750a) for ramming blowgun bored; sometimes used for face paint; contained in small undecorated bowl, pottery.

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