Gourd Containing Red Chica Paint
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Feb 1867
label: Collection Date
content: 1852
name: label: Collector
content: Rev. John T. Cullen
label: Donor Name
content: Hon. J. F. Crampton
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "TREE GOURD CONTAINING CHICA A RED DYE. THE ACCAWAYS, CARIBS AND AROWACKS MIX IT WITH CRAB OIL AND HI A WA OR TACAMAHAC RESIN AND USE IT AS AN UNGUENT WITH WHICH THEY PAINT THEIR BODIES TO PRESERVE THEM FROM THE INJURIOUS EFFECTS OF THE SUN."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Guyana, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 67A00053
label: USNM Number
content: E4363-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Container/Paint