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sign saying "Barracon Juanita"

Creator(s)
Anthropologist: Jean E. (Jean Elizabeth) Jackson (American, 1943-)
Location
Department: Vaupes, Colombia
Cultural context
Tukanoan
Description
A sign saying "Barracón Juanita" at the site where people traveling between the Vaupés River (via Caño Yi) and the Papurí River basin (via headwaters of Paca River) spend the night. Jean Jackson requested the then-Comisario, Narciso Matus, to construct a shelter for the considerable number of people portaging between the 2 systems. Note the hanging trousers. 1970, Vaupés, Colombia
Work type
Image
Keywords
Rights
(c) Jean Jackson
Access rights
All Rights Reserved. Courtesy MIT Libraries,Visual Collections, Collection of Research Photography by Jean Jackson. Users of this collection should be aware that certain images, words, terms or descriptions may be culturally sensitive and may be considered inappropriate today, but may reflect attitudes of the period or context in which they were created.
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