pigment sample
- Museum number
- 1864,1226.1179
- Description
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Red ochre nodule. Plano-convex in cross-section. The convex face retains most of its natural surface whereas the plane surface is crumbly.
- Dimensions
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Length: 23 millimetres
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Thickness: 19 millimetres
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Width: 18 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Although there is no parietal art in Courbet Cave and this piece of ochre is not modified as a crayon, its association with numerous ochre covered and utilised artefacts suggests that it was a deliberate import into the cave.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2006-2007 23 Sept-7 Jan, Sheffield, Millennium Galleries, 'Art at the Rockface'
2006 22 May-3 Sept, Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery, 'Art at the Rockface'
- Acquisition date
- 1864
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1864,1226.1179
