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Paint Bag

Date1899

Mediummammal skin, paint, ochre, mineral

DimensionsOther: 14.5 × 79.5 cm (5 11/16 × 31 5/16 in.)

ClassificationsCeremonial Objects

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Haida

Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-671

Object numberHRC 00671

Descriptionlong recctangular skin paint bag, hand sewn along one side and across the fringed bottom. it contains red ochre paint which has stained the skin dark rust red. painted on one side with a crude black line drawing of two white men. they are sttanding, facing each other, each with one arm on his hips and one extended to shake the other's hand. they are clad in suits. both are shown in xray fashion. one wiht a double line backbone with ribs, one with a single line backbone. their hair is represented by parallel black lines, one has a beard. each has a large nucleated circle on the side of the head representing an eye. used for painting face for dances and war paint.

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