Lothrop, S. K. (Samuel Kirkland), 1892-1965, Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · leaf 74
or six feet long were carried; these they drove into the ground, and to them the shelter was lashed. The windbreak if possible was erected to form an arc of a circle, inward-sloping toward the center, for thus the fire was shielded from the vigor of the wind, and the family secured a meager measure… … . family in camp. (From Alberto M. De Agostini, / Miei Viaggi Fig. 15 neUa Terra del Fiwco.) Ona windbreaks have been thought to be the prototype of the Tehuelche toldo or kau. This was a skin house with three vertical walls and a sloping roof supported by three rows of stakes. While the fourth…
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