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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 362496, member: 2844"]I didn't notice those before, you mean the little blobs around the hole? Isn't that hardened pigment? It looks like the painting was done using natural pigments, ochres and charcoal? Ochres are a type of clay, this could be reddish ochre. There seems to be a bit of staining on the rope as well.</p><p>It was probably never used for ceremonial purposes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 362496, member: 2844"]I didn't notice those before, you mean the little blobs around the hole? Isn't that hardened pigment? It looks like the painting was done using natural pigments, ochres and charcoal? Ochres are a type of clay, this could be reddish ochre. There seems to be a bit of staining on the rope as well. It was probably never used for ceremonial purposes.[/QUOTE]
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