Pigment Box

Name/Title

Pigment Box

Entry/Object ID

E-159-A-H

Description

A cardboard box with bags of limonite pigment stones. The stones are a hard, chalky texture. They will leave a yellow, dusty residue on hands and other surfaces. There is also a 1/2" paint brush made in Germany, sinew on fiber twisted into a circle, and a cord of human hair.

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Ethnography
Anthropology

Acquisition

Accession

08.1.10

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Oceania

Culture/Tribe

Australian Aborigines

Material

Limonite

Color

Yellow

Condition

Overall Condition

Good