Boy paddles canoe along tributary stream through dense tropical jungle. Wearing intricately made silver earplugs as adornment Ð to attract girlsThe Noanama are a minority group of approximately 3000...

Boys paddling canoes on lower rio San Juan at duskThe Noanama are a minority group of approximately 3000 Indians. The Noanama live in an area on the Pacific coast of Colombia which is known as the Ch...

Boy paddling canoe on lower rio San Juan at sunsetThe Noanama are a minority group of approximately 3000 Indians. The Noanama live in an area on the Pacific coast of Colombia which is known as the Ch...

Mother paddles her family across the lower rio San JuanThe Noanama are a minority group of approximately 3000 Indians. The Noanama live in an area on the Pacific coast of Colombia which is known as t...

Male members of a family from Saija another Noanama community South of the lower rio San JuanThe Noanama are a minority group of approximately 3000 Indians. The Noanama live in an area on the Pacif...

Woman pouring breo / melted beeswax into a fired cantaro / clay water pot which will now be watertightThe Noanama are a minority group of approximately 3000 Indians. The Noanama live in an area o...

Ricardino a young boy with a silver ear plug paddles his canoe upstream towards the family cultivation plotThe Noanama are a minority group of approximately 3000 Indians. The Noanama live in an are...

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...

Headman with ornate silver earplugs coloured glass bead necklace beads are valuable trade goods and typical Noanama pudding-basin haircutThe Noanama are a minority group of approximately 3000 Indi...

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...

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...