Scenes of Ngöbe Life and Place
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Ngöbe house Ngöbe house, nontraditional style with corrugated metal roof. Constructed between August, 1997 and December, 1998 at Cerro Mamita,  Province of Chiriquí, Panama.[photo by Phil Young]  1972 election at Cerro Otoe
Election day, 1972. Ngöbe candidates elected  to the National Assembly for the first time. Cerro Otoe, Chiriquí, Panama. [photo by John Bort]
Ngöbe girls Ngöbe girls at the mother's day celebration at Cerro Otoe, December 8, 1998. [photo by Phil Young]  The young anthropologist
Phil Young as the young anthropologist at a Mama Chi religious gathering. Cerro Otoe, spring 1965. [photo by M. M.]
Winnowing rice Ngöbe woman winnowing rice. Cerro Mamita, December, 1998 [photo by Phil Young]  Political gathering 1965
Group picture at a political gathering in San Lorenzo District, Chiriqui, spring 1965. [photo by Phil Young]
Ngóbe children playing
Ngöbe children playing. They have made a "cart" from a 5 gallon plastic cooking oil container. Cerro Mamita, August, 1997 [photo by Phil Young]
Man with beaded collar
Man wearing a traditional beaded collar. These collars are worn only on special occasions. Cerro Mamita, 1965. [photo by Phil Young]
Diana & Amilcar 1997
Diana and her first born, Amilcar. Cerro Mamita, August, 1997 [photo by Phil Young]
New road to Alto Caballero, 1977
The new road from Tolé to Alto Caballero. One of the first roads into Ngöbe territory constructed by the Panamanian government. Dry season, 1977. [photo by Phil Young]
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