Post card of one native Amazonian woman and one girl, standing

A postcard of a colour photograph of a woman and a young girl standing in front of a hut. Neither of them are dressed. The back of the photograph states that the photograph is of a KAMAIURA INDIAN WOMEN FROM THE HIGH XINGU.

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