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A BELLE OF THE QUICHUA TRIBE |
RIDING PILLION ON THE PAMPAS OF ARGENTINA |
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| So ill-favoured are these Indian women that this one might well pass for a beauty of her race. The silver spoons stuck through her hair are favourite ornaments, and also occasionally serve the proper purpose of a spoon | Save for the characteristic attire of the man and his chiripá, the above might be a picture of a couple going to market in the olden days in rural England. The frugal, hard-worked women of the gaucho class leave to their lords and masters the personal vanities of picturesque dress |