Meal Tray
Item
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Title
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Meal Tray
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Tribe
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Hopi
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Location
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Arizona
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Dimensions
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1 1/2 x 11 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches 3.8 x 29.8 x 29.2 cm
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Accession Number
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NAB-24
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Collector
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Mooney
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Description
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This artifact is a meal tray from the Hopi Tribe of Arizona. This piece in our records is contaminated by the compound of Mercury Chloride. Poisons and toxic chemicals, like Mercury Chloride and Arsenic, were often used in Museum collections as a means to help preserve this artifact. This creates complications however in their maintenance and handling. Mercury Chloride specifically was used to help preserve organic objects by protecting them against insects. Our collection contains a few objects contaminated by toxic chemical compounds.
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