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Intrigued about mecapalli (tumpline)
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[QUOTE="Felipe, post: 267733, member: 5219"] The support section of the mecapalli looks in the images more like a headband than a strap. In Mexico it is made out of cotton or ixtle (or "tampico" fiber). I had not noticed it before your comment, but there is a range of solutions for the attaching points. Most go to the bottom of the load (as in the “Patagonia” models), but some are attached to the middle (as the one I improvised, with hooks) or the top. I think the first would provide for a more upright position, but in my very limited experience, the best solution should be found with a “normal” weight (to me, this means 8-9 kg) and in different terrains (plain, uphill, downhill). My backpack does not have convenient hooks, but I think I will be able to find a friendly shoemaker to sew the tumpline with an industrial-type stitching machine. But first, I have to be convinced with the idea and decide on the proper attaching place. Very good ethnographic pictures! When I started to look for examples, I discovered that the tumpline was (is) used in many countries and cultures, sometimes in combination with a carrying frame (not very different, btw, to the metalic frame of modern backpacks), or with baskets. I have even seen pictures of [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumpline#mediaviewer/File:SillaCatherwood.jpg']a British explorer[/URL] being carried comfortably on the back of a porter, with a tumpline. Not really recommendable, but this may be useful for a trained person to carry an injured people. As far as I know, there is no translation for "tumpline" in Spanish or French. Interesting... [/QUOTE]
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