cosmetic sample

Red paint, made by mixing dried and baked red iron oxide with the fat of pig, turtle or dugong. t has been stored by the Museum and perhaps by the donor, in a glass jar. There is also a tray with further samples of red paint. There is a length of fabric with blue dye on it. Label: one exhibition label, printed.

applied to the body. Believed to have protective properties

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