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DIGNIFIED MATRIARCH of the Seri clan on Tiburon Island 

 whose sons are qualified by custom to become chieftains. Fa- 

 cial markings are applied v/ith natural dies obtained from the 

 juices of plants or various forms of marine life. Seris now wear 

 threadbare clothing cast off from civilization. Formerly they 

 fashioned garments from skins and hides. 



