Hematite rock used as dye

Hopi
Southwest

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1964

Hematite

Overall: 2 3/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 3/16 in. (5.5 × 4 × 3 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase

164.42.15510

Geography

Place Found: Second Mesa, United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Artifact

Research Area

Archaeology

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Alfred F. Whiting (1912-1978) for Dartmouth College Museum, 1964.

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