- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Sample of red ochre. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 17/2/2006]
- Person
- Field collector Antoinette Powell-Cotton
- Field collector Diana Powell-Cotton
- PRM source Powell-Cotton Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Circa 1936-1937
- Date collected
- 1936-1937
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1945
- Materials and processes
- Material Ochre
- Dimensions
- Length: max 50 mm box
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1945.10.52 Other numbers: Powell-Cotton number (37.301)
Search terms: Specimen, Toilet, Geology, Body Art, Pigment, Cosmetic, Toilet Article, Body Art Accessory, Mineral
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