Large, fat thighs are the first requisite, and a good-looking person is called "a beautiful thigh." Erect carriage is another essential to beauty.

In the face, the eyes attract more notice than any other feature, and the most admired ones are "the eyes like those of a mouse." This is the highest praise that can be bestowed upon anyone's personal appearance.

They all like straight hair, and consider hair very ugly when it has a curl at the end.

I once asked a bright young Tarahumare how the man must look who is most admired by women, whether his mouth and nose should be large or small, etc., and he replied, "They must be similar to mine!" Aside from good looks, the women like best men who work well, just as in civilised countries a woman may look out for a good _parti_.
But wealth does not make the possessor more attractive to the girls.

In Nararachic was an elderly man who owned forty head of cattle and eighteen horses.