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materials attained its highest development. Black was used for 
mourning in certain tribes, and bright red was a favourite colour 
everywhere: the Beothuk of Newfoundland gained the special 
designation of “lied Indians” from their custom of smearing their 
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Interior Salisli girl, with her hair specially braided to mark 
the termination of her adolescence. (Photo Ijy James 
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persons, clothing, and implements with red ochre. Many tribes 
rubbed grease over the face and hands as a protection against sunburn 
and flies, and some mixed vegetable compounds with the grease. 
Probably paint was nearly as effective as grease, although its primary 
purpose was certainly not protection, but adornment. 
