. Guide leaflet. Feather- Work The patient selection of different colored feathers and thecare in joining them, as exemplified by this picture, made dur-ing the last century, is a direct expression of the Indian her-itage in Mexico. It is curious to see in comparing this and thefeather painting opposite with the costumes on pages 64 amd65 how little the dress of the Indian has changed with the the trousers and the hat distinguish these people of1850 from their ancestors of three centuries and a half before 74 MFSEVM GVIDE LEAFLET lia\i hccii \\<v(\ for sucli ii purpose
. Guide leaflet. Feather- Work The patient selection of different colored feathers and thecare in joining them, as exemplified by this picture, made dur-ing the last century, is a direct expression of the Indian her-itage in Mexico. It is curious to see in comparing this and thefeather painting opposite with the costumes on pages 64 amd65 how little the dress of the Indian has changed with the the trousers and the hat distinguish these people of1850 from their ancestors of three centuries and a half before 74 MFSEVM GVIDE LEAFLET lia\i hccii \\<v(\ for sucli ii purpose. Theinhabitants did, howcver, make mirrors ofiron ))yrit(^s and ol)sidian. Troii pyritessometimes occur in small nodules on which aplane surface i-ould he ground. uiviiiLi a\eiT salisfaclory rellection, Anothei type(iC inirroi- consisted of thin plates oT ])yrites,laid like a mosaic on a hackinii of })otteiyoi- stone. I\\v complete specimens areknown, hut there do exist a numher of stonediscs which may widl ha\(
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