. Bulletin. Ethnology. ADDITIONAL STUDIES OF GUIANA INDIANS 31 by plaiting the ends together, direct into one another without any- projecting strands having to be dealt with. The Taruma matapi is likewise differentiated from the Arawak type. The neck (figs. 25, C, h; 27, h) is the first part to be completed, but the whole length of its upper borders goes to form the bases of the collar which is plaited of one composite strand (i. e., one formed of three superposed) pass- ing under and over two similarly composite ones. More than this, there is an absence of shoulder, and so, an absence of addi
. Bulletin. Ethnology. ADDITIONAL STUDIES OF GUIANA INDIANS 31 by plaiting the ends together, direct into one another without any- projecting strands having to be dealt with. The Taruma matapi is likewise differentiated from the Arawak type. The neck (figs. 25, C, h; 27, h) is the first part to be completed, but the whole length of its upper borders goes to form the bases of the collar which is plaited of one composite strand (i. e., one formed of three superposed) pass- ing under and over two similarly composite ones. More than this, there is an absence of shoulder, and so, an absence of additional strands, the width of the neck hmiting the circum- ference of the body. There is also an absence of hip girdle, the pattern of the body proper running direct into the leg. The Waiwai matapi, in the commencement of col- lar and neck (fig, 25, C), is identical with the Taruma type, and, hke it, there is an absence of hip girdle. The collar, however, is fin- ished up in four tassels that are tucked inside out of sight. Its distinctive characteristic is in the pattern of plait (fig. 28) which differs from all the other kinds, and allows of more elasticity on being filled and emptied. To recapitulate: In the Arawak type of matapi (fig. 25, A) a commencement is made with collar, neck, and asym- metrical shoulder successively; in the Wapishana (fig. 25, B) it is started with neck, collar, and symmetrical shoulder; in the Taruma and Waiwai (fig. 25, C) the sequence of technique is a neck, collar, and absence of any special shoulder, this being replaced by the sides of the enlarged neck, and a difference of plaitwork. 6283°—29 4. Figure Commencing stage of Taruma cassava squeezer. (Sec. 354 A). 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. Washin
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