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![[Indian women with large water pots in front of Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDIvMDEvMDEvaW5kaWFuLXdvbWVuLXdpdGgtbGFyZ2Utd2F0ZXItcG90cy1pbi1mcm9udC1vZi1wdWVibG8tb2YtbGFndW5hLW5ldy1tZXhpY28tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/422/jpg "[Indian women with large water pots in front of Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico]")
![Costumes, characters, etc. Unveiled Mohammedan [i.e., Muslim] women](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvY29zdHVtZXMtY2hhcmFjdGVycy1ldGMtdW52ZWlsZWQtbW9oYW1tZWRhbi1pZS1tdXNsaW0td29tZW4tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "Costumes, characters, etc. Unveiled Mohammedan [i.e., Muslim] women")
![[Elderly Indian woman outside teepee, with fish drying on poles in foreground]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvZWxkZXJseS1pbmRpYW4td29tYW4tb3V0c2lkZS10ZWVwZWUtd2l0aC1maXNoLWRyeWluZy1vbi1wb2xlcy1pbi1mb3JlZ3JvdW5kLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "[Elderly Indian woman outside teepee, with fish drying on poles in foreground]")
![[Woman with pottery at market, probably Mexico]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvd29tYW4td2l0aC1wb3R0ZXJ5LWF0LW1hcmtldC1wcm9iYWJseS1tZXhpY28tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "[Woman with pottery at market, probably Mexico]")
![[Scene of ancient Mayan Indian monument in the Yucatan Penninsula of Mexico]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NDQvMDEvMDEvc2NlbmUtb2YtYW5jaWVudC1tYXlhbi1pbmRpYW4tbW9udW1lbnQtaW4tdGhlLXl1Y2F0YW4tcGVubmluc3VsYS1vZi1tZXhpY28tMy02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "[Scene of ancient Mayan Indian monument in the Yucatan Penninsula of Mexico]")
![[Scene of ancient Mayan Indian monument in the Yucatan Penninsula of Mexico]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NDQvMDEvMDEvc2NlbmUtb2YtYW5jaWVudC1tYXlhbi1pbmRpYW4tbW9udW1lbnQtaW4tdGhlLXl1Y2F0YW4tcGVubmluc3VsYS1vZi1tZXhpY28tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[Scene of ancient Mayan Indian monument in the Yucatan Penninsula of Mexico]")
