. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. adle is merely a bow of paloblanco orother switch with rude cross-sticks lashed on, asshown iu figure 30. On this is laid a small pelican-skin robe, with a quantity of pelican down for adiaj)er, and perhaps a few pelican feathers attachedas ])lumes to wave over the occupants face; thoughon the frontier these primitive devices are largelyreplaced by rags. Among the important appurtenances of Seri lifeare the cords used for belts and necklaces, as well asfor the attachment of ceremonial headdress
. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. adle is merely a bow of paloblanco orother switch with rude cross-sticks lashed on, asshown iu figure 30. On this is laid a small pelican-skin robe, with a quantity of pelican down for adiaj)er, and perhaps a few pelican feathers attachedas ])lumes to wave over the occupants face; thoughon the frontier these primitive devices are largelyreplaced by rags. Among the important appurtenances of Seri lifeare the cords used for belts and necklaces, as well asfor the attachment of ceremonial headdresses, for con-verting the kilts into bags, and for numberless The Quest of these are made from humanhair; and for this purpose the combings are care-fully kept, twisted into strands, and wound on thornsor sticks iu slender bobbins, such as that illustrated I Fig. 31—Hair spindle. Cf. Hardy, Travels, p. 290. 228* THE SERI INDIANS [ETH. ANN. 17 in figure 31. Wheu the accumulation suffices the strands are doubledor quadrupled, as shown in figures 32 and 33, and the coi ds are either. Fig. 32—Huniaii-hair coril. applied to immediate use or added to the matrons meager store againstemergency demands. The cordage used for other purposes than apparel-
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