Indian Paint Item Number: E20851-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "FROM A HEMLOCK FUNGUS."List in accession file identifies this as # 71 - "Specimens of Indian paint made from the fungus which grows on hemlock trees. This is roasted in hot ashes half an hour, when it turns Indian red color."
Item History
- Made in Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by James G. Swan in Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA during 1875
- Received during 1876
What
- Name
- Indian Paint
- Identification Number
- E20851-0
- Type of Item
- pigment
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Hutsnuwu
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- during 1875
- Acquisition Date
- during 1876
Other
- Accession Number
- 004730