Fungus (Echinodontium tinctorium) used as face paint

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Object Number 04-10-10/63004

Display Title Fungus (Echinodontium tinctorium) used as face paint

Descriptions

Indigenous Term Tsih- kwett:x

Inventory Description Fungus, chunk, orange-rust color, porous, highly worn

Classification

Bark

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Tlingit

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Alaska

Materials Fungus

Dimensions Overall: 10.5 x 9.8 x 5.2 cm (4 1/8 x 3 7/8 x 2 1/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 04-10-10 & 63004

Provenance

Collector Unknown (1904)

Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1904)

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