. Bulletin. Ethnology. 492 SOUTH AMERICAN INDIANS [ Bull. 143 DRESS AND ADORNMENTS Among the Yuracare, both sexes wear long bark-cloth tunics which are often trimmed with tassels and small figures of carved wood and bone (fig. 64, h-d). Men's tunics are beautifully decorated with printed pat- terns (pi. 45, top) ; women's garments are plainer and shorter. Among the Mosetene and Chimane, bark-cloth tunics were once common, but today are restricted to children, or are worn only as work clothes; both sexes also use long sleeveless cotton shirts or cushmas. Seventeenth- century Mosetene wome
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 492 SOUTH AMERICAN INDIANS [ Bull. 143 DRESS AND ADORNMENTS Among the Yuracare, both sexes wear long bark-cloth tunics which are often trimmed with tassels and small figures of carved wood and bone (fig. 64, h-d). Men's tunics are beautifully decorated with printed pat- terns (pi. 45, top) ; women's garments are plainer and shorter. Among the Mosetene and Chimane, bark-cloth tunics were once common, but today are restricted to children, or are worn only as work clothes; both sexes also use long sleeveless cotton shirts or cushmas. Seventeenth- century Mosetene women wore only a simple loincloth. A belt decorated with geometric patterns and long terminal fringes, and a cotton or bark-cloth bag generally form part of the complete outfit of a Mosetene Indian. The ornaments worn by the ancient Yuracare included: Semicircular ear pendants (fig. 65, c), originally of bone, but later of silver; miter-. 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 Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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