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2001.40.2

Small glass vial containing ? henna. Found unentered with 1887.1.515 and 2001.40.1. [JP 13/6/2001]

2001.40.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Small glass vial containing ? henna. Found unentered with 1887.1.515 and 2001.40.1. [JP 13/6/2001]
Geographical reference
Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru
Unknown
Date
Date collected
By 1886 ?
Acquisition information
Transferred: 1886, uncertain Found unentered: 06/2001
Materials and processes
Material Pigment
Dimensions
Length: max 52 mm vial
Object numbers
Accession number: 2001.40.2
Research and responses

It seems probable that all of Holland's collections came to the OUMNH via George Rolleston, see Rolleston papers Ashmolean Museum GR/A/1 Holland letters [AP 26/09/2012]

See biographies for more information about Swinton Colthurst Holland [AP 28/04/2009]

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