(Q3303823)

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tumpline

strap attached at both ends to a sack, backpack, or other luggage and used to carry the object by placing the strap over the top of the head

  • tump line
  • tump-line
  • mecapal

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Squawandchild.jpg
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Mecapal (Mendoza 60r).jpg
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le folio 60r du codex Mendoza représente un porteur (tlameme) utilisant un mecapal traditionnel (French)
folio 60r of the Codex Mendoza depicts a tlamemeh (Q15844947) or porter using a tumpline traditional to that occupation (English)
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SillaCatherwood.jpg
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"Traveling By Silla", gravure de Frederick Catherwood représentant des indigènes mésoaméricains utilisant des mecapals dans le Chiapas en 1840 (French)
"Traveling By Silla", an engraving by Frederick Catherwood shows indigenous mesoamericans using tumplines in Chiapas in 1840 (English)
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Tumplines
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