. Bulletin. Ethnology. Vol. 3] TRIBES OF E. SLOPES OF BOLIVIAN ANDES—METRAUX 477 are based on a triangle surmounted by a scroll, which is multiplied in countless variations. Women potters (pi. 41, top, left, and bottom, left) tempered the clay with crushed potsherds and built up their vases by coiling. They painted them with several kinds of ocher and with black obtained from rosin. Spinning and weaving.—Among the Chiriguano, wool is more com- monly used than cotton for textiles, but Chane fabrics are generally of cotton. The fibers are spun with a drop spindle weighted with a clay whorl (pi.
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Vol. 3] TRIBES OF E. SLOPES OF BOLIVIAN ANDES—METRAUX 477 are based on a triangle surmounted by a scroll, which is multiplied in countless variations. Women potters (pi. 41, top, left, and bottom, left) tempered the clay with crushed potsherds and built up their vases by coiling. They painted them with several kinds of ocher and with black obtained from rosin. Spinning and weaving.—Among the Chiriguano, wool is more com- monly used than cotton for textiles, but Chane fabrics are generally of cotton. The fibers are spun with a drop spindle weighted with a clay whorl (pi. 42, center). Although garments are in part Andean in shape, the loom remains of the vertical type. Formerly, indigo was the favorite native dye; today aniline dyes have entirely replaced it. The ornamenta- tion of the fabrics is limited to a few stripes. Netting.—Fishing nets and carrying nets are made by means of a wooden gage in a reef-knot technique. Baslcetry.—Fans, round baskets with overlapping lids, and sieves are twilled with palm leaves in the best Guiana fashion, but wickerwork basketry is very common. No large baskets for carrying or storing food are made. Gourds.—The painted, incised, or fire-engraved (fig. 61) gourds {Lagenaria siceraria) used as cups are, after pottery, the best expres- sions of Chiriguano art. The motifs are mainly geometrical, with occa- sional realistic Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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