Men and women emerge from maloca dancing the Manioc Dance adorned with precious feather head-dresses some with bark-cloth aprons; women wearing new tradecloth skirts. Young boy with feather crown ex...

Man makes a new canoe from a single tree trunk brought down from forest to riverside shelter thatched against sun and tropical downpoursThe Noanama are a minority group of approximately 3000 Indians...

Catholic mission bell tower in ancient Ika village administrative centre of Nabusimaque since Capuchins left in 1978American Center Christian Colombian South America Columbia Hispanic Latin America...

Teenager decked out with traded yellow glass bead necklace plus two silver crosses denoting missionary influence a lily in his ear for adornmentThe Noanama are a minority group of approximately 3...

Religious centre of Takina where very young boys are trained to become mamas / priests. Racks of sacred potsherds at apex of each nuhue / temple roof. Lesser peaks of Sierra Nevada in backgroundI...

Man drills holes in a gourd to make a colander for straining fruit to be made into chicha beer. Behind his leg another gourd is engraved with ritual figuresThe Noanama are a minority group of appro...

Girl prepares clay oven for baking casabe yucca flour into Tukano daily bread Indigenous Tribes rio Piraparana North West Amazonia Amazon American Colombian South America Vuapes Columbia Hispa...

Young girl with woven cane basket for carrying maizeIndigenous Tribes Colombian / Venezuelan Border Area American Colombian Kids South America Columbia Hispanic Indegent Latin America Latino

Men playing kuisi flutes in San Miguel village. macho male flute has one hole and player waves a maraca; embra female flute which has five holes and maintains the melody.Indigenous Tribes Amer...

Woman grinds maize using ancient granite mortar and pestle. The Yuko-Motilon grow 8-10 different varieties of maize.Indigenous Tribes Colombian / Venezuelan Border Area American Colombian South Amer...

Kogi religious centre of Mamarongo. View of nuhue / temple roof with potsherds in the rack at apex. In background high peaks of the Sierra NevadaIndigenous Tribes American Center Colombian Relig...

Gable end of a dwelling being thatched with long grass. Young boy onlooker in typical woven cotton toga. Maize being grown behind.Indigenous Tribes Colombian / Venezuelan Border Area American Colombi...