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  QUILLACINGA, 
  PASTO, 
  AND 
  COAIQUER 
  — 
  ORTIZ 
  963 
  

  

  of 
  this 
  type 
  are 
  heritages, 
  some 
  perhaps 
  a 
  century 
  old. 
  They 
  have 
  no 
  

   adornments 
  of 
  ribbon 
  or 
  trimming. 
  

  

  The 
  hat 
  of 
  hard 
  wool 
  felt 
  or 
  of 
  imported 
  felt 
  is 
  in 
  constant 
  use; 
  the 
  

   Indian 
  removes 
  it 
  only 
  to 
  sleep. 
  Anyone 
  so 
  unconventional 
  as 
  to 
  go 
  

   about 
  hatless 
  would 
  be 
  scoffed 
  at 
  for 
  being 
  queer. 
  

  

  The 
  shirt 
  is 
  usually 
  of 
  linen, 
  but 
  as 
  a 
  great 
  luxury 
  for 
  fiestas, 
  

   it 
  is 
  of 
  ordinary 
  striped 
  cloth. 
  It 
  always 
  has 
  some 
  small 
  trimming 
  at 
  

   the 
  neck 
  and 
  wrists, 
  and 
  for 
  great 
  festivities 
  some 
  Indians 
  have 
  shirts 
  

   with 
  collar, 
  bosom, 
  and 
  cuffs 
  of 
  black 
  or 
  blue 
  velveteen 
  with 
  wool 
  

   embroidery. 
  No 
  separate 
  stiff 
  collars 
  or 
  cuffs 
  are 
  reported, 
  and 
  

   undershirts 
  are 
  not 
  used. 
  

  

  The 
  trousers 
  are 
  usually 
  of 
  heavy 
  woolen 
  cloth. 
  Most 
  men, 
  es- 
  

   pecially 
  older 
  men, 
  use 
  two 
  pairs 
  of 
  trousers. 
  Only 
  the 
  few 
  young 
  men 
  

   who 
  work 
  and 
  earn 
  their 
  living 
  in 
  the 
  city 
  wear 
  ordinary, 
  ready-made 
  

   linen 
  underdrawers. 
  Only 
  a 
  few 
  persons, 
  however, 
  use 
  this 
  item 
  of 
  

   clothing. 
  

  

  The 
  poncho 
  is 
  also 
  in 
  constant 
  use, 
  except 
  when 
  it 
  interferes 
  with 
  

   work, 
  such 
  as 
  plowing 
  or 
  working 
  in 
  the 
  city 
  as 
  a 
  mason. 
  It 
  is 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  few 
  symbols 
  of 
  wealth, 
  for 
  according 
  to 
  one's 
  economic 
  status, 
  

   his 
  poncho 
  ranges 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  ordinary 
  weave 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  woolen 
  

   cloth 
  lined 
  with 
  a 
  fine 
  blanket. 
  Some 
  men 
  use 
  two 
  ordinary 
  ponchos. 
  

  

  Women 
  also 
  constantly 
  wear 
  a 
  hat, 
  either 
  of 
  hard 
  wool 
  felt 
  or 
  mod- 
  

   ern 
  felt, 
  from 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  2, 
  when 
  they 
  can 
  first 
  keep 
  it 
  on. 
  Before 
  the 
  

   age 
  of 
  2, 
  little 
  girls' 
  heads 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  bright-colored 
  kerchiefs. 
  

   Young 
  Indian 
  women, 
  however, 
  take 
  off 
  their 
  hats 
  when 
  they 
  go 
  into 
  

   the 
  market 
  and 
  when 
  they 
  go 
  to 
  church. 
  

  

  Women 
  also 
  wear 
  a 
  large 
  square 
  shawl 
  woven 
  of 
  ordinary 
  yarn, 
  and 
  

   a 
  low-necked 
  shirt 
  of 
  linen, 
  usually 
  trimmed 
  with 
  handwork 
  or 
  with 
  very 
  

   cheap 
  imported 
  lace. 
  Young 
  women 
  often 
  wear 
  a 
  very 
  tight-fitting 
  

   printed 
  cotton 
  jacket, 
  also 
  trimmed 
  with 
  cheap 
  lace. 
  The 
  sleeves 
  

   are 
  always 
  wrist-length, 
  for 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  inconceivable 
  that 
  a 
  woman 
  

   should 
  go 
  about 
  with 
  bare 
  arms. 
  A 
  woman's 
  costume 
  is 
  completed 
  

   with 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  woolen 
  skirts, 
  never 
  less 
  than 
  three 
  and 
  sometimes 
  as 
  

   many 
  as 
  seven 
  or 
  eight, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  financial 
  status 
  of 
  her 
  family. 
  

   This 
  set 
  of 
  skirts 
  is 
  called 
  "follado," 
  or 
  "follones," 
  and 
  each 
  has 
  its 
  

   special 
  name: 
  The 
  innermost 
  one 
  is 
  the 
  "cunchina," 
  the 
  others 
  are 
  

   "cunchi" 
  or 
  "chunche," 
  and 
  the 
  outer 
  one, 
  worn 
  on 
  trips 
  to 
  the 
  city, 
  

   is 
  the 
  "bolsic6n." 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  are 
  made 
  of 
  woolen 
  cloth, 
  

   gathered 
  into 
  many 
  folds, 
  with 
  a 
  border 
  of 
  velvet 
  or 
  wool 
  around 
  the 
  

   bottom. 
  The 
  skirts 
  are 
  wide 
  and 
  fall 
  to 
  the 
  ankles. 
  No 
  petticoats 
  or 
  

   other 
  land 
  of 
  underclothes, 
  not 
  even 
  drawers, 
  are 
  used 
  by 
  either 
  wom- 
  

   en 
  or 
  little 
  girls. 
  The 
  Indians 
  look 
  upon 
  these 
  as 
  something 
  unnecessary 
  

   for 
  morality. 
  In 
  their 
  native 
  villages, 
  almost 
  all 
  the 
  Indian 
  women 
  go 
  

   barefoot, 
  but 
  some 
  are 
  beginning 
  to 
  use 
  slippers 
  when 
  they 
  visit 
  the 
  

   city, 
  putting 
  them 
  on, 
  however, 
  just 
  as 
  they 
  enter 
  the 
  city 
  itself. 
  

  

  