Gypsum
P1860
From: Australia | South Australia | Oodnadatta
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P1860 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Australia | South Australia | Oodnadatta |
| Period | Late Colonial Australia Period |
| Date Made | 1850-1900 CE |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Gypsum |
| Description | The collector, J.T. Huston, labeled this object as coming from the Arrernte people; however, the geographical location does not align with the Arrernte territory and therefore the object has not been assigned a cultural group. A piece of crystalline gypsum. The rock itself is white and gray and in the shape of a parallelogram. It has a flaky exterior with layers of geometric shaped rock. |
| Length | 6 cm |
| Width | 4 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of J. T. Huston, 1907 |
| Other Number | 23 - Other Number |
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