. Bulletin. Ethnology. Vol. 3] THE TUPINAMBA—METRAUX 107 for war, men suspended on their buttocks an ornament of ostrich plumes in the "form of a large round ball to which feathers were attached" (figs. 8, top; 9, left). The love for feathers was so great that men and even women glued them to their heads with wax or sprinkled chopped feathers all over their bodies, which they had previously coated with gum or honey. Often they substitued particles of red or yellow wood for feathers. They also pasted with wax on their temples patches of toucan skin covered with yellow feathers. Feathe
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Vol. 3] THE TUPINAMBA—METRAUX 107 for war, men suspended on their buttocks an ornament of ostrich plumes in the "form of a large round ball to which feathers were attached" (figs. 8, top; 9, left). The love for feathers was so great that men and even women glued them to their heads with wax or sprinkled chopped feathers all over their bodies, which they had previously coated with gum or honey. Often they substitued particles of red or yellow wood for feathers. They also pasted with wax on their temples patches of toucan skin covered with yellow feathers. Feathers, after use, were carefully collected, cleaned, and stored in bamboo tubes sealed with 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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