Kuna Indians
on the
San Blas Islands
Kuna women
Kuna, also known among themselves as the Tule, Native South American group of the Chibchan language family and of Panama. They now inhabit part of the country's northern shore and the neighboring San Blas Archipelago. In former times the Kuna occupied the greater part of the Isthmus of Panama. Cases of hereditary albinism among the Kuna have given rise to legends of white Native Americans.
method of
building
a house
notched log stairs
notched log
stairs are made with the most basic of tools
and instead of rushing to the hardware store or an
equipment leasing business
the Kuna use man made tools
for all their building needs
log detail
village "meeting
house"
(where all gather to hear the stories and advice of the elders)
flags are for the various political parties
the cayuco
(dug out from a single tree)
pig in a pen, raised for food
the toilet over the water
a Kuna woman
the leg wrappings
woman and baby
preparing coconuts brought back by boat
Achutupo village
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in the Ailigandi village
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