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Ochre(?)

Date1895-1901

Mediumstone

DimensionsOther: 8 × 5.5 × 10 cm (3 1/8 × 2 3/16 × 3 15/16 in.)

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Haida

Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-432

Object numberHRC 00432

Descriptionlarge chunk of brown pigment. one spot shows where paint has been rubbed off for use. powdered and applied to face, previously greased with deer fat. possibly stone or petrified wood, very light in weight.
collected in Skedans

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