Red ochre in phial. For ‘palette’ of rock on which it is ground see [1913.21.263 .2].

Collection type: Object
Description: Red ochre in phial. For ‘palette’ of rock on which it is ground see [1913.21.263 .2].
Geographical reference: France
Europe > Western Europe > France; Aquitaine Dordogne Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil La Madeleine
Person: Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Upper Palaeolithic Magdalenian
Date collected: 1913
Acquisition information: Donated: 1913.
Materials and processes: Material Ochre, Material Pigment, Process Ground
Dimensions: Length: max 50 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1913.21.263.1
Research and responses: Magdalenian Culture : “toolmaking industry and artistic tradition of Upper Paleolithic Europe, which followed the Solutrean industry and was succeeded by the simplified Azilian; it represents the culmination of Upper Paleolithic cultural development in Europe.” "Magdalenian culture" Encyclopædia Britannica Online. [Accessed December 3 1999]. [JP 3/12/1999]

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