Pestle for White Paint For Face
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Feb 1895
label: Collection Date
content: 1894 to 1895
name: label: Collector
content: William J. McGee
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: See related objects E174509. FROM CARD: "1 LUMP. SMALL SLAB OF GYPSUM, 6" LONG BY 2" WIDE, AND 5/8" THICK. SLIGHT GROOVES, 2 1/2" LONG BY 1" WIDE, WORN ON A SINGLE FLAT SIDE BY RUBBING A SMALL PIECE OF GYPSUM ON THEM. THE SLABS ARE THE MORTARS AND THE RUBBING PIECE THE PESTLE; THE MATERIAL ITSELF CONSTITUTES THE PAINT." FROM CARD: "174507, 174509A. COLLECTIONS OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. WHITE FACE-PAINT AND MORTARS.-TWO SMALL SLABS OF GYPSUM, ONE 6 INCHES LONG BY 2 INCHES WIDE AND 5/8 INCH THICK, THE OTHER 3 3/4 INCHES LONG, 2 1/2 INCHES WIDE, AND 7/8 INCH THICK. BOTH HAVE SLIGHT GROOVES, 2 1/2 INCHES LONG BY 1 INCH WIDE, WORN ON A SINGLE FLAT SIDE BY RUBBING A SMALL PIECE OF GYPSUM ON THEM. THE SLABS ARE THE MORTARS AND THE RUBBING PIECE THE PESTLE; THE MATERIAL ITSELF CONSTITUTES THE PAINT. SERI INDIANS, TIBURON ISLAND, SONORA, MEXICO. 174,507. 174,509. COLLECTED BY W J MCGEE. A LITTLE WATER IS PLACED IN THE GROOVE OF THE MORTAR AND THE GYPSUM PESTLE IS RUBBED BACK AND FORTH UNTIL SUFFICIENT POWDER HAS BEEN GROUND OFF TO FORM A THICK WHITE PAINT, WHICH IS THEN APPLIED TO THE FACE BY A BRUSH OF HUMAN HAIR."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tiburon Island, Sonora, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Seri (Comcaac)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029025
label: USNM Number
content: E174507-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pestle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 15 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 1.587 cm