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Stone Mortar For Grinding Paint For Tattooing

Object Details

Notes
From card: "For paint, Lignite is ground with salmon eggs. For tattooing, ground with water." Neg. #2005-22350 is photo of this mortar with lignite paint Catalogue No. E88904.
Listed on page 50 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes (Tools)". Listed under incorrect number 89013.
Record Last Modified
20 Oct 2020
Specimen Count
1
Data Source
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Collector
James G. Swan
Donor Name
James G. Swan
Accession Date
21 Dec 1883
Collection Date
July 1883
Object Type
Mortar
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