vegetal remains;
pigment sample;
paint sample
- Museum number
- Oc1906,1013.1657
- Description
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Linen bag stamped 662 in black containing five red seed pod halves with spiny exterior, some very small loose seeds and two small lumps of white, black and amber coloured resin. Small white cotton thread caught in one pod half.
- Production date
- 19thC-20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Length: 19 centimetres (bag)
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Width: 13 centimetres (bag)
- Curator's comments
- Expedition paper note found inside bag handwritten in blue pencil reads: 'Used for Paint on face. Yule Id. Obu. Motu. PAILA'. Assumed collected at Yule Island (Roro). Comment by Heather Donoghue, Ph.D candidate, UEA, 2020.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1906
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired during the Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea 1903-1904.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1906,1013.1657
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous Number: 662 (Cooke Daniels Number)
