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  HIGHLAND 
  TRIBES, 
  S. 
  COLOMBIA 
  — 
  HERNANDEZ 
  DE 
  ALBA 
  929 
  

  

  trunks, 
  like 
  a 
  fence 
  or 
  fort, 
  and 
  provided 
  with 
  two 
  narrow 
  doors, 
  

   which 
  opened 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  and 
  west 
  respectively. 
  

  

  Between 
  Cali 
  and 
  Popayan, 
  the 
  common 
  habitations 
  had 
  special, 
  

   small, 
  circular 
  huts 
  used 
  exclusively 
  by 
  menstruating 
  women. 
  

  

  ENGINEERING 
  WORKS 
  

  

  Ancient 
  engineering 
  works 
  consisted 
  only 
  of 
  wooden 
  bridges 
  and 
  

   "bejucos" 
  (lianas), 
  aerial 
  cables, 
  which 
  the 
  Spaniards 
  described 
  as 
  

   "thick 
  ropes 
  for 
  passiug 
  the 
  rivers." 
  

  

  TRANSPORTATION 
  

  

  Although 
  the 
  Inca 
  extended 
  their 
  dominion 
  to 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  

   of 
  Pasto 
  and 
  Quillacinga 
  territory, 
  the 
  llama 
  seems 
  not 
  to 
  have 
  reached 
  

   Colombia. 
  For 
  a 
  long 
  time 
  before 
  the 
  Conquest 
  and 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  

   after 
  it, 
  transportation 
  was 
  done 
  entirely 
  by 
  human 
  beings. 
  As 
  late 
  

   as 
  1897, 
  burdens 
  and 
  travelers 
  were 
  carried 
  on 
  the 
  backs 
  of 
  Indiaus 
  

   over 
  narrow 
  and 
  difficult 
  roads, 
  and 
  even 
  Indian 
  women 
  transported 
  

   large 
  burdens 
  (Brisson, 
  1899, 
  ch. 
  1). 
  Today, 
  however, 
  horse 
  trails 
  

   and 
  automobile 
  roads 
  penetrate 
  the 
  territory 
  all 
  the 
  way 
  to 
  Ecuador. 
  

  

  DRESS 
  AND 
  ORNAMENTS 
  

  

  Clothing. 
  — 
  As 
  most 
  of 
  Pasto 
  territory 
  is 
  cold, 
  men 
  wore 
  a 
  woven 
  

   mantle 
  (manta) 
  four 
  varas 
  (10 
  ft. 
  8 
  in.) 
  long, 
  wrapped 
  around 
  the 
  

   waist, 
  with 
  a 
  free 
  part 
  pulled 
  up 
  over 
  the 
  head. 
  Under 
  this, 
  they 
  

   wore 
  a 
  small 
  loincloth, 
  which 
  Cieza 
  calls 
  "maures," 
  as 
  a 
  guayuco, 
  or 
  

   genital 
  cover. 
  Pasto 
  women 
  wore 
  a 
  narrow 
  mantle 
  (manta) 
  which 
  

   covered 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  breast 
  to 
  the 
  knees, 
  with 
  a 
  smaller 
  blanket 
  

   over 
  it. 
  The 
  Quillacinga 
  used 
  genital 
  covers 
  (small 
  "maures"), 
  but 
  

   had 
  more 
  developed 
  men's 
  garments 
  in 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  sewed. 
  They 
  

   sewed 
  a 
  broad 
  blanket 
  or 
  mantle 
  down 
  the 
  sides, 
  leaving 
  wide 
  lateral 
  

   arm 
  apertures. 
  Women 
  wore 
  a 
  small 
  blanket 
  wrapped 
  around 
  the 
  

   waist 
  and 
  over 
  it 
  another 
  which 
  covered 
  the 
  back 
  and 
  fell 
  over 
  the 
  

   breasts, 
  being 
  held 
  by 
  two 
  corners 
  tied 
  around 
  the 
  neck. 
  In 
  some 
  

   villages 
  in 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Popayan, 
  according 
  to 
  Andagoya 
  (in 
  

   Cuervo, 
  1894, 
  2:114), 
  men 
  sometimes 
  wore 
  elaborately 
  painted 
  cotton 
  

   blankets, 
  "a 
  manera 
  de 
  capa 
  hechada 
  por 
  debajo 
  del 
  brazo, 
  corta, 
  que 
  

   no 
  pasaba 
  de 
  las 
  nalgas," 
  but 
  they 
  usually 
  went 
  naked 
  or 
  else 
  wore 
  a 
  

   small 
  blanket, 
  which 
  was 
  the 
  more 
  customary 
  woman's 
  garment. 
  

   This 
  light 
  dress 
  is 
  explainable 
  by 
  the 
  temperate 
  climate. 
  

  

  Around 
  Pasto, 
  the 
  present 
  Indian 
  dress 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  hard, 
  woolen 
  

   hat, 
  adopted 
  from 
  Ecuador; 
  a 
  linen 
  (lienzo) 
  shirt 
  decorated 
  on 
  the 
  

   breast; 
  heavy 
  woolen 
  pants, 
  two 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  sometimes 
  worn 
  at 
  once; 
  

   and 
  a 
  poncho, 
  or 
  ruana. 
  Women 
  wear 
  a 
  hat, 
  a 
  scarf 
  over 
  the 
  head, 
  a 
  

   shawl 
  or 
  mantle, 
  a 
  much-decorated 
  linen 
  shirt 
  with 
  large 
  sleeves, 
  and 
  

  

  