. Bulletin. Ethnology. Vol. 1] THE BORORO—LOWIE 425 a narrow opening and either a pointed or a spherical bottom. Cook- ing pots are hemispherical. The wide and shallow dishes now seen, as well as cups with handles, are all innovations due to White influence (figs. 51,c-A/52, &,<Z). Weapons.—Bows and arrows, the principal weapons, vary consid- erably according to use and represent the acme of Bororo craftsman- ship. The bow, averaging 6 feet 3 inches ( m.) in length, may exceed 6 feet 6 inches (2 m.), is pointed at the ends, and decorated with feathers; the string is of palm fiber. Ar
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Vol. 1] THE BORORO—LOWIE 425 a narrow opening and either a pointed or a spherical bottom. Cook- ing pots are hemispherical. The wide and shallow dishes now seen, as well as cups with handles, are all innovations due to White influence (figs. 51,c-A/52, &,<Z). Weapons.—Bows and arrows, the principal weapons, vary consid- erably according to use and represent the acme of Bororo craftsman- ship. The bow, averaging 6 feet 3 inches ( m.) in length, may exceed 6 feet 6 inches (2 m.), is pointed at the ends, and decorated with feathers; the string is of palm fiber. Arrows, which were from 5 to 6 feet ( to m.) in length, have a cane or palm-wood shaft; the heads are of bamboo or bone, and sometimes bear barbs (fig. 53, Or-e). W II '. ^ I i Figure 53.—Bororo arrow points, a. Sharpened rod foreshafts; b, rod foreshafts with bone barb attached; c, foreshafts with socketed bone point; d, foreshafts with lateral carved barbs; e, carved wooden points; /, foreshafts with knobbed tips for birds; g, war arrows with bamboo heads ; h, large bamboo blades (% natural size). (After Colbacchini, 1925.) Common hunting arrows have a wooden foreshaft set in a cane shaft, the head (of tapir or monkey bone) being attached to the foreshaft. Arrows used for hunting jaguars have a shaft of seiiba-palm wood which rests in a groove of the flat, 2-foot ( m.) long bamboo point. 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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