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...

Young girl with woven cane basket for carrying maizeIndigenous Tribes Colombian / Venezuelan Border Area American Colombian Kids South America Columbia Hispanic Indegent Latin America Latino

Woman grinds maize using ancient granite mortar and pestle. The Yuko-Motilon grow 8-10 different varieties of maize.Indigenous Tribes Colombian / Venezuelan Border Area American Colombian South Amer...

Village in the Sierra de Perija with dwelling huts and maize storage shelters. Man wears long woven cotton togaIndigenous Tribes Colombian / Venezuelan Border Area American Colombian South America Co...

Village settlement in foothills girl walks between two dwellings with maize growing in a cleared cultivation patch behindIndigenous Tribes Colombian / Venezuelan Border Area American Colombian South...