equatorjournal: Ruth Kirk, Seri woman, 1959. “María Burgos beginning a delicate facepai
equatorjournal: Ruth Kirk, Seri woman, 1959. “María Burgos beginning a delicate facepainting pattern. She used a a slender brush made from her own hair. …Facepaintings for protection of the sun were large, simple designs. Women painted their faces for this purpose particuraly when traveling at sea and in summer when out in the desert” From the book “People of the desert and sea: ethnobotany of the Seri Indians” by Richard Stephen Felger, 1984. https://www.instagram.com/p/CKzV3HtAQ1-/?igshid=156r40c1p6vtc -- source link