Pachugos, the dreaded robes of human hair used in the ñiwey, ghost-calling ceremony

Pachugos, the dreaded robes of human hair used in the ñiwey, ghost-calling ceremony. Long tufts of hair are fastened to a small-meshed net of mescal cord. Carefully wrapped in a reed mat and resting on a wooden platform in a cave near Pachuwilu. The existence of these robes was unknown to any of the white people of the area. . [source: The Kiliwa Indians of Lower California (Plate XII, figure b)]

• 1929-06-04

• Meigs, Peveril, 1903-1979

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A contemporary contact print of this image is available in the album documenting the 1929 trip.

Long tufts of hair are fastened to a small-meshed net of mescal cord. Carefully wrapped in a reed mat and resting on a wooden platform in a cave near Pachuwilu. The existence of these robes was unknown to any of the white people of the area

• Baja California (Mexico)

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• Journal 13, Page 8

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• Peveril Meigs Baja California Research Materials

• UC Regents

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