Sillero

"The Ascent of Agony" Engraving by Maillard published in 1879 after a sketch by Edouard Andre depicting the crossing of the Quindio pass by silleros using tumplines

The silleros, cargueros or silleteros (also called saddle-men) were the porters used to carry people and their belongings through routes impossible by horse carriage. A famous example is the use of silleros by colonial officials to be carried across the Quindio pass in the Colombian Andes.^[1]^[2]

^ "La Red Cultural del Banco de la República".
^ Acevedo Tarazona, A. 2005. El camino Quindío en el centro occidente de Colombia: la ruta, la retórica del paisaje y los proyectos de poblamiento. Estudios Humanísticos no. 4 pp. 9-36

[1] "La Red Cultural del Banco de la República".

[2] Acevedo Tarazona, A. 2005. El camino Quindío en el centro occidente de Colombia: la ruta, la retórica del paisaje y los proyectos de poblamiento. Estudios Humanísticos no. 4 pp. 9-36

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