Cholones
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Hat of the Cholones Indians. Made with feathers, silk, fibre and vegetable resin. 18th century.
The Cholones are a tribe of South American Indians in Peru, living on the left bank of the Huallaga River in the Amazon valley. The name is that given them by the Spanish. They were first met by the Franciscans, who established mission villages among them in 1676.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cholones". Encyclopædia Britannica. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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