The Patángoro, also called the Pantágoro, were a
Native American people of
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...
who lived on the banks of the
Magdalena River
The Magdalena River (, ; less commonly ) is the main river of Colombia, flowing northward about through the western half of the country. It takes its name from the biblical figure Mary Magdalene. It is navigable through much of its lower reaches, ...
.
Instead of class strata, they were grouped by clans that practiced matrilineal succession.
Artificial cranial deformation
Artificial cranial deformation or modification, head flattening, or head binding is a form of body alteration in which the skull of a human being is deformed intentionally. It is done by distorting the normal growth of a child's skull by apply ...
was a feature of Patángoro society.
References
Indigenous peoples in Colombia
Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean
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