(Two men and women with child, all Yukpa, who belong to the Japreria subtribe

The members of this subtribe lived totally isolated in the Palmar and upper Guasare river valleys. The typical small loincloth only worn by the Japreria men clearly identified them.

In front of our house, Hightower in the doorway. She walked 40 miles to see a house, carrying her baby and food - a bunch of bananas - contrary to usual belief, ripe bananas are seldom eaten here - always roasted green ones.

They have no protection at night whatever- they sleep on the straw mats, and this was at a time when I used two blankets for comfort. They came out of the mountains (no one has ever been to their villages) to trade mats, baskets and native medicine for knives, machetes and salt. They came out once a year - two or 3 of them