Paint Item Number: E168364-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "FUNGUS GROWTH."Provenience note: List in accession file (this object is # 28 on list) appears to attribute this to the Sitka Tlingit of Sitka. List also identifies object as "Fungus growth of hemlock, for paint?, which is charred?, rubbed off and used for painting the face for daily use, to save the complexion."
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Lt. George T. Emmons in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Received from U. S. Department of the Navy on April 17, 1894
What
- Name
- Paint
- Identification Number
- E168364-0
- Type of Item
- pigment
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Sitka
- Field Collector
- Lt. George T. Emmons
- Received from
- U. S. Department of the Navy
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on April 17, 1894
Other
- Accession Number
- 028072