Red ochre

Red ochre. One piece of red ochre. J. Burgett 5/10/96

Cylindrical.

Object Name: Bead | Ocher | Rock | Groundstone Tool | Modified Wood 46 stone and steatite disk beads, 26 stone and steatite cylindrical beads, one blue glass bead; one ocher fragment; one unmodified rock [agate]; one steatite stone, ground flat one side; and one burned piece of wood, perforated. P.Spier, 2/20/96

Fragment of red ochre.

Yellow ochre

Hide bag with a square central pouch, long hide fringe along the bottom, and a long opening flap with six finger-like ends. Central pouch is covered with multicoloured geometric beading. Upper flap has clear beads sewn along the edges. Ochre has been rubbed into the skin.

Beaded hide tube with a long hide fringe at either end; one end of tube is closed while the other has a moveable cap held by the fringe. Beadwork consists of multicoloured diamond shapes on white ground with light blue borders.

Ritual spell or curse on a platter. Food platter is white with silver decoration around rim. Covering the dish is a drawing of a human figure made of a mixture of red ochre and oil.

Hide pouch covered with red ochre. Two animal teeth inside (horse?), on hide strips (parts b-c), which are also covered in ochre.