Indian paint saucer, human shape; stone pigment grinder. 2 depressions on one side; 1 large depression on other.
Donor:
Older University Collections
Collection place:
Port Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Vicinity of Port Simpson, B.C.
Culture or time period:
Haida and Tsimshian
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Helianthus annuus
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1905
Context of use:
Pigment grinder.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 20 centimeters
Comment:
Pigment material info from Charles Brown, June 1964: Black is a graphite-like rock. Binder is made of chewed, hardened, cheese-like salmon eggs. Blue is copper rock. White is baked clam shells. Red is a red clay. Yellow is pollen of skunk cabbge, sunflower, etc.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957), and S1973-1974 #49: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (November 4, 1973–August 8, 1974)