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Description: | Paint, hair ointment (Bedamuni: uaaiŷa). Tree sap of the uaaiŷa tree is (Java Walnut, Canarium indicum) used to dye skirts (such as 1982.9), and as an ointment to put in the hair. In the past the juice was exchanged with Highlands inhabitants for valuables.
caption: General view of object no. 1982.31i. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | Java almond sap Bedamuni paints (samples (painting)) | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-143627 | Go to resource |
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