Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected or purchased from local residents in 1934 by George Heye and William A. Newcombe (1884-1960, a Vancouver, British Columbia, collector).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Saanich
- Collector
- George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
- William A. Newcombe (William Newcomb), Non-Indian, 1884-1960
- Date created
- 1915-1930
- Object Name
- Diatomaceous earth (fossilized remains of diatoms, a type of algae) used for white paint
- Media/Materials
- Soil
- Techniques
- Unmodified
- Object Type
- Materials: Raw
