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Selk’Nam People

October 14, 2016

We talk of “vanishing” cultures…. here is one that has vanished.

The Selk’nam also known as the Onawo or Ona, used to live in Patagonia.

Most photos by anthropologist Martin Gusinde around 1923.

Link to the Wiki

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