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to evidence the wealth of the wearer. A hand-woven shawl, somewhat similar to the petticoat in pattern, is thrown in folds about the head & over the shoulders & completes the costume. They wear the earrings of crescent pattern already mentioned & braid their hair in a couple of short queues back of the ears with ends joined at back of neck. As a rule they are barefooted.

As a rule, the Tarascos of this district are short, rather stoutly built, with long black hair. Their faces are dark & very plain with square, coarse & heavily modelled, with a dull stolid look rarely showing vivacity