Seri blue

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Scope note
The blue used by the Seri Indians of Sonora Mexico in face painting. It is a prepared pigment derived from root bark of Franseria dumosa which is ground with a light-colored local clay and green organic resin of the flowering plant Guaiacum coulteri.
Seri blue
Accepted term: 20-Jan-2025