Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . Fig. 51.—Cache, by the explorer, of ancient pottery left behind by vandals after despoliation of a cemetery south of Huacho, Peru. Photograph by Hrdlicka. NO. 8 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I913 51 Some of their smaller dwellings were made of reeds, while largerstructures were built of small uncut stones, sun-dried brick, or blocksof adobe. Their knowdedge of weaving, pottery-making, and decora-tion was surprising. They wove from native cotton and llama wool,and their designs indicate changes brought about by time and oth
Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . Fig. 51.—Cache, by the explorer, of ancient pottery left behind by vandals after despoliation of a cemetery south of Huacho, Peru. Photograph by Hrdlicka. NO. 8 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I913 51 Some of their smaller dwellings were made of reeds, while largerstructures were built of small uncut stones, sun-dried brick, or blocksof adobe. Their knowdedge of weaving, pottery-making, and decora-tion was surprising. They wove from native cotton and llama wool,and their designs indicate changes brought about by time and otherinfluences. The native dress consisted principally of a poncho shirt,a loin cloth, and sandals, with occasionally a simple head-gear. The pre-Columbian Peruvians of the coast knew the uses of Fig. 52.—Indian hut and inliahitants. with a ruin-covered hill known atLlaxwa, in the rear, located m the Sierras, south-east of Nasca, Peru. Photo-graph by Hrdlicka. silver, and copper, and worked these metals to some extent, especiallycopper or bronze in the manufacture of weapons. Their commonweapons were a metal or stone mace, a wooden club, a copper axe andknife, the sling, and in some regions the bow and arrow. Their imple-ments were the whorl, weaving sticks, looms, cactus-spine or boneneedle, bone needle-holders, sharpened sticks, copper knives and axes,hoes and fishing paraphernalia, inchiding nets, sinkers, reed-bundleboats or balsas, and peculiar rafts which were paddled. Throughout the whole territory along the coast the people de-formed the heads of their infants by applying pressure to the fore- 52 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS \0L. 63 head probably by means of pads and bandages, which process flat-tened the back of the head as well. They did not practice filin
Size: 1875px × 1333px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectscienti, bookyear1912
