Lothrop, S. K. (Samuel Kirkland), 1892-1965, Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · leaf 26
eaving but in painted robes, carved gourds, and facial painting. In fig. 12 we show an otter-skin robe made by the Mataco Indians. Each of the fifteen skins in this garment has been decorated with its own individual pattern, painted iri two distinct manners, which perhaps indicates that two… … Fig. 13. — Skirt with painted decoration. Lengua Indian. Length, 57 in. (14/600) Skin robes, as already stated, were in general use throughout the Chaco until recently. They embraced the kind seen in fig. 12, marked by geometric decoration, and also a second class, painted with crude life forms…
Indians of South America · Tehuelche Indians · Guanaco
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