Pampa indians, from "picturesque illustrations of buenos ayres and monte video, consisting of twenty-four views: accompanied with descriptions of the scenery, and of the costumes, manners, &c. , of the inhabitants of those cities and their environs". Engraving by emeric vidal (1843), based on a sketch made between 1816 and 1819. It shows two pampas indians visiting buenos aires. The two individuals pose at the door of a store in the indian market of the city where ponchos, leather clothing, and rhea feathers were traded for acohol, mate, sugar, foodstuff, and metal tools. From: the bodleian libraries, the university of oxford (2098 e. 65 following p. 88 (facsimile)). Source of this file description is peter mitchell: horse nations. The worldwide impact of the horse on indigenous societies post-1492, oxford 2015, fig. 8. 6, p. 266. Date: 1843.
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