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A Quiché altararticle 1926 • Lothrop, S. K. (Samuel Kirkland)
Quiché Maya • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
This is a short article on a traditional Quiché mountain altar that the author claims is evidence of the survival of pre-Christian religious practices labeled "nagualism."...Polychrome Guanaco cloaks of PatagoniaBook 1929 • Lothrop, S. K. (Samuel Kirkland)
Tehuelche • South America > Southern South America
This article, by a professional anthropologist, deals with the construction and decoration of the skin robes worn by the Tehuelche, and contains some material on weapons and hunting. The distribution of the decorative elements is discussed with refer...