Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
May 20, 1825
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 126
Additional Source Text:
The donor was "minister from Brazil."
Notes:
Itacolumite is a naturally occurring porous, yellow sandstone that is flexible when cut into thin strips. It occurs at Itacolumi, in the southern portion of Minas Gerais, Brazil (which is 2,000 km from Goyazes, Brazil).
The donor, José Silvestre Rebello, was Brazillian Chargé d'Affaires to the U. S. from May 1824 to August 1829.
