Mineral sample

Museum number:
2-30281
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020030281
Accession number:
Acc.185
Description:
Wi-Va-Vi (carbonate of copper?)
Donor:
Estate of Washington Matthews
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Washington Matthews
Collection date:
1884
Materials:
Copper (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mineral and rock samples
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
Native name: "Wi-Va-Vi" See p. 40 of Matthews "Night Chant.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mineral sample, accession number 2-30281, described as Wi-Va-Vi (carbonate of copper?)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mineral sample, accession number 2-30281, described as Wi-Va-Vi (carbonate of copper?)

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