Handbook of South American Indians, The Historic Tribes of Ecuador
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A four-page excerpt of illustrations from Handbook of South American Indians, Volume 2 (The Andean Civilizations), Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 143, edited by Julian H. Steward. It includes the title page, the opening heading of Gregorio Hernández de Alba's chapter on the highland tribes of southern Colombia, and two plates showing Páez weaving and spinning. The plates show a woman weaving a woolen skirt on a backstrap-style loom, loom and weaving utensils, a woman spinning wool while walking in Tierradentro, and men weaving straw hats.
- Type
- Illustration
- Date
- 1946
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 4
- Archive notes
- U.S. Government document. Relevant illustrations only
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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