Historic Tarahumara? Cooking Pot, From Mexico, Ca, Mid 1900's, #1174 SOLD

Historic Tarahumara? Cooking Pot, From Mexico, Ca, Mid 1900's, #1174Description: #1174 Historic Tarahumara? Cooking Pot, From Mexico, Ca, Mid 1900's, with flower motif in red pigment. Dimensions: 12" x 11".Condition: Excellent for its estimated age, Mid 1900's.Some background on the Tarahumara follows:"The Tarahumara Indians live in the remote regions of the Sierra Madre Mountains in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. They are northern Mexico’s largest indigenous Indian tribes, and are a nomadic people who typically live in several different dwellings during the year, including caves. Some Tarahumara live in caves, others inhabit houses made of stone, planks, and poles, built high in canyons of the Sierra Madres. It is a way of life that has changed little over centuries. Although the Tarahumara are considered one of the few indigenous groups in North America that have been able to preserve their culture mostly unmodified despite more than 350 years of contact with outside populations, th