Red Oxide Iron Paint "Upla"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 Jul 1892
label: Collection Date
content: 1880 to 1888
name: label: Collector
content: Edward H. Man
label: Donor Name
content: Royal Zoological Museum, Florence
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Used in painting. Label: "paint (upla) .—Red oxide of iron dried and baked; much used by the Andamanese as paint. Mixed with the fat of the pig, or turtle, it is used for bodily decoration, and for anointing the dead to please the departing spirit."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Andaman Islands, India, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 025949
label: USNM Number
content: E164731-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Paint