This mortuary pole with Tsonoquoa and the thunderbird stands in the cemetery at Alert Bay. It is one of the masterpieces of Willie Seaweed, who carved it in 1931.

A wooden grave plaque at the cemetery of Sechura in the department of Piura, northern Peru. - 1969

In the middle of the desert, one finds the cemetery of Sechura in the department of Piura, northern Peru. - 1969

Cemetery on the top of the pass at ‘Puente del Inca’ between Mendoza and Santiago - 1973

Maimara Cemetery ("Star that falls" in the omaguaca language), located in the department of Tilcara in the province of Jujuy. Its geographical environment belongs to the Humahuaca ravine, and its main characteristic is the polychromy of its hills. The Río Grande runs a few meters from there. - 1973

The inhabitants of Chichicastenango belong to the indigenous Quiché ethnic group. The cemetery of the village is worth seeing and is popularly called the "cemetery of colours". The colours symbolise different aspects: White symbolises the loss of parents, yellow is used when an old man dies, and blue when a mother dies. - 1977

Muslim cemetery in Fort-Flatters. On the left, the tomb of a marabout, a holy man who knows and interprets the Koran. Sedentary and passing nomads come to his grave to worship. - Algeria - 1966

All Saints’ Day at a cemetery near Oruro. Every year, the indigenous people visit their dead at the cemetery and pray for them, as well as for ancestors who died long ago. They then sit around the graves, eat the food they have brought with them and drink chicha. They also visit the graves of friends to emphasise the strong bonds that unite people even beyond death. - Book: Picture 122 - Bolivia - 1976

On the way from La Paz to the Takesi Inca Trail, you pass this historic cemetery chapel with its distinctive, slightly leaning adobe bell tower and the small, chapel-like burial structures in front of it. – Bolivia – 1976

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