Prehistoric pigments | Resource | RSC Education
One notable find is a shell (in this case an abalone shell) used to hold the pigment and a quartzite stone for grinding up the pigments like charcoal and ochre (Figure 2), and for the paint brush the artist used one of the thin bones from the front leg of a wolf with one end dipped in ochre. ... Haematite, iron(III) oxide (Fe 2 O 3), gives the ...