Fungus

Powder

50-50-8

From: United States of America | Alaska | Angoon Area | Ketintcian | Killisnoo Harbor | Admiralty Island

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 50-50-8
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Angoon Area | Ketintcian | Killisnoo Harbor | Admiralty Island
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Fungus
Description

"Powder used for sunburns used by Molly Gamble's MoMo, and by her mother or Molly herself as a girl." (F. de Laguna note)

Credit Line Survey of Northern Tlingit Country, Frederica de Laguna, 1950

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