. Bulletin. Ethnology. 412 SOUTH AMERICAN INDIANS [B. A. E. B0LL. 143 leaves, or of a rough cloth of intertwined tucum fibers, or of a jaguar or deer skin. Seats varied from crude lumps of wood to carved four- footed stools. To avoid mosquitoes, an unbearable menace after sunset, the Guato slept in large, tent-shaped mosquito nets, made of intertwined tucum {Astrocaryum sp.) fibers, which they stretched between two trees or two paddles stuck in the ground. During the day they drove off the mosquitoes with a sort of swatter or flap consisting of a piece of tucum fiber or cotton cloth attached t
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 412 SOUTH AMERICAN INDIANS [B. A. E. B0LL. 143 leaves, or of a rough cloth of intertwined tucum fibers, or of a jaguar or deer skin. Seats varied from crude lumps of wood to carved four- footed stools. To avoid mosquitoes, an unbearable menace after sunset, the Guato slept in large, tent-shaped mosquito nets, made of intertwined tucum {Astrocaryum sp.) fibers, which they stretched between two trees or two paddles stuck in the ground. During the day they drove off the mosquitoes with a sort of swatter or flap consisting of a piece of tucum fiber or cotton cloth attached to a short stick (pi. 81, top). In the rainy season they never moved without their mosquito -Ouatd house construction. Caracara River, Matto Grosso. Schmidt, 1914, fig. 32.) (After Max DRESS AND ORNAMENTS Both sexes wore a piece of cloth around the waist but later abandoned it in favor of European garments. Formerlj'^, some Guato had long hair with a single wrapped braid behind; today hair is cut short. The Guato are among the few South American Indians with full beards and mustaches. Ornaments were few: a wooden labret in the lower lip, a small tuft of feathers in the ear lobes, and necklaces of seeds (Lagrimas da Nossa Senhora) and animal teeth (especialy caiman teeth and claws). TRANSPORTATION Most of life was spent in dugout canoes; these had a tapering bow and a somewhat widened and massive stern, often with a low, raised edge, where the woman sat to steer. Paddles were well made, lanceo- late, 71/^ feet ( m.) long, and characteristically lacked any crutch or grip. In shallow marshes, canoes were punted with poles, often with a wooden fork attached to the distal end to give a better hold on the aquatic 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 A
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