Photo Gallery

Leather sandals with straps; Anasazi Culture, MVM.
MVM = Mesa Verde National Park Museum (Colorado)

Woven sandals made of yucca fiber. The sandal to the left is made with a more refined technique, from Mummy Cave, Canyon del Muerto in Canyon de Chelly (Arizona). The sandal on the right is from Long House, Mesa Verde National Park (Colorado). Both Anasazi Culture, MVM.
MVM = Mesa Verde National Park Museum (Colorado)

The apron of a Niska shaman consists of several pieces of leather sewn together with cedar bark thread and animal sinew and painted with ochre paints. Thirteen ivory halibut charms are tied onto it with cotton threads. Dog's teeth are fastened onto the bottom edge and deer hoofs are attached to the 10-cm-long (4-inch-Iong) leather fringes. (95 cm, NMM)
NMM = National Museum of Man, Ottawa

As a gaucho matrero, as a fugitive, Chacho Royo hid himself from the arm of the law in the Andes for fifteen years in his youth. Today he processes leather into bridles and saddles in his small estate, which he sells or gives to his friend Arturo. - Estancia Campo Alegre, Salta. - 1973

As a gaucho matrero, as a fugitive, Chacho Royo hid himself from the arm of the law in the Andes for fifteen years in his youth. Today he processes leather into bridles and saddles in his small estate, which he sells or gives to his friend Arturo. - Estancia Campo Alegre, Salta. - 1973

As a gaucho matrero, as a fugitive, Chacho Royo hid himself from the arm of the law in the Andes for fifteen years in his youth. Today he processes leather into bridles and saddles in his small estate, which he sells or gives to his friend Arturo. - Estancia Campo Alegre, Salta. - 1975

Vigil in the barn of Arturo Fernandez, in La Caldera. Father Requena, gaucho parish priest and rector of the University of Salta, joined the Chacho and Arturo. But, at sunrise, it's back to the pampas ... - Estancia Campo Alegre, Salta. - 1975

Chacho Royo cuts strips of leather that he uses to make bridles and leather straps. - Estancia Campo Alegre, Province Salta - 1975

Ramón Bandera from Estancia El Hervidero is a master at making leather straps. - Province Salto, Uruguay - 1975

The Sahrawi woman makes the "tasufra" from goatskin, decorates it with beautiful patterns and attaches a manual lock made from a leather rope called "sir" to make it easier for the man to open. It is a leather bag with a length of about 1.5 m and a width of 70 cm, which is attached to both sides of the camel. The "tasufra" is used to store food, tea sets and other things that nomads need when travelling. It takes 4 to 6 days to make. Liquids and sharp tools that could damage the camel during the ride are not carried. - Algeria - 1962

The Sahrawi woman makes the "tasufra" from goatskin, decorates it with beautiful patterns and attaches a manual lock made from a leather rope called "sir" to make it easier for the man to open. It is a leather bag with a length of about 1.5 m and a width of 70 cm, which is attached to both sides of the camel. The "tasufra" is used to store food, tea sets and other things that nomads need when travelling. It takes 4 to 6 days to make. Liquids and sharp tools that could damage the camel during the ride are not carried. - Algeria - 1962

The Sahrawi woman makes the "tasufra" from goatskin, decorates it with beautiful patterns and attaches a manual lock made from a leather rope called "sir" to make it easier for the man to open. It is a leather bag with a length of about 1.5 m and a width of 70 cm, which is attached to both sides of the camel. The "tasufra" is used to store food, tea sets and other things that nomads need when travelling. It takes 4 to 6 days to make. Liquids and sharp tools that could damage the camel during the ride are not carried. - Algeria - 1962

The interior of a house in Agadez (Niger). The women are admirably skilled in leather handicrafts, which they decorate with geometric patterns. These leather pieces are assembled into a tasufra, a sack that is hung on the camel's saddle and filled with clothes and various utensils when moving around. – Niger - 1966