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Ethnological Carving Collection

Tarahumara carved pine bark figures

TARAHUMARA CARVING

Dates: 1978
Material: Pine bark.
Catalog No.: Left to right: 78-37-6, 78-37-15, 78-37-13, 78-37-11.

Tarahumara living mostly in the vicinity of Creel, Chihuahua, carve dolls and figures of pine bark for export and to sell to the many visitors who travel the Ferrocarril Pacifico (Pacific Railroad) along Copper Canyon.