. Bulletin. Ethnology. 174 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull, 128 the uses to which the various parts are put. Figure 2 shows the construction of the roof frame. A group of four or five houses usually shares a watering hole and laundering place at one of the neighboring streams. In plates 19 to 21 are shown views of the houses and their furnishings. Physical types of the Indians of the Otovalo group and of Agato are shown in plates 22 to 29. Clothes are woven at home from home-spun and home-woven wool and cotton. The costume of both men and women includes the large, platter-shaped felt hats w
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 174 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull, 128 the uses to which the various parts are put. Figure 2 shows the construction of the roof frame. A group of four or five houses usually shares a watering hole and laundering place at one of the neighboring streams. In plates 19 to 21 are shown views of the houses and their furnishings. Physical types of the Indians of the Otovalo group and of Agato are shown in plates 22 to 29. Clothes are woven at home from home-spun and home-woven wool and cotton. The costume of both men and women includes the large, platter-shaped felt hats which are made by specialists. Women wear blouses embroidered with colors, full colored skirts, bright sashes, and woolen shawls, as well as brass and silver rings and many strings. INTERIOR BRACe R/\FTERS — STR/NG£R Figure 2.—Angachagua roof frame. of gold or brass beads around the neck. Men wear loin cloths, shirts, pantaloons reaching to the calf, and ponchos. The clothing of both sexes is highly colorful and minor details of pattern differ according to the locality. Green dyes are made by mixing quillo and alpapoca plant juices. Most of the other colors are bought at the weekly markets, which move on a circuit and form the most important institution for the exchange of goods. All the people are nominally Catholics, although many survivals of ancient superstition remain. The aboriginal social organization seems to be submerged almost entirely. The language is a dialect of Quichua which is said to differ somewhat from that of Quito. In fact, the Angachagua dialect is in some respects different from that of Otavalo. The Quichua of the region contains a good many more or less modified Spanish words, but few. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethno
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