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1887.1.510

Grains of a green pigment. [El.B DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 09/09/2010]

1887.1.510

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Collection type
Object
Description
Grains of a green pigment. [El.B DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 09/09/2010]
Geographical reference
Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru
Unnamed site of grave
Date
Date collected
By 1886
Acquisition information
Transferred: 1886
Materials and processes
Material Pigment
Dimensions
Diameter: max 48 mm box
Object numbers
Accession number: 1887.1.510
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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