Handbook to the ethnographical collections . Fig. 264.—Woodenfrom S. America. «. clubsNorth Brazil. h. British Guianac. British Guiana. SOUTH AMERICA 283 palm wood from the heart of the tree is often employed in makingbows, which are of the plain variety and distinct from those ofNorth Fig. 26t5.—Stone axe. Tocantins River, ]]razil. Tlie haljit of poisoning arrows was general in the Amazoniani-egion, the best known poison being the Curari, ijrocured fromtlie roots of S(n/chuos toxifcra. The i)oints of arrows were made ofreed or hard wood, chipped stone or Hint heads not being foundas
Handbook to the ethnographical collections . Fig. 264.—Woodenfrom S. America. «. clubsNorth Brazil. h. British Guianac. British Guiana. SOUTH AMERICA 283 palm wood from the heart of the tree is often employed in makingbows, which are of the plain variety and distinct from those ofNorth Fig. 26t5.—Stone axe. Tocantins River, ]]razil. Tlie haljit of poisoning arrows was general in the Amazoniani-egion, the best known poison being the Curari, ijrocured fromtlie roots of S(n/chuos toxifcra. The i)oints of arrows were made ofreed or hard wood, chipped stone or Hint heads not being foundas in North America. 284 AMERICA The blow-gun is a characteristic weapon in Guiana and on theupper Amazon. Tlie arrows are very slender, wads of raw cottonat the butts fitting exactly into the bore of the tulje like the blocksof pith on the similar arrows of the Malays. Quivers are made ofplaited reed or of bambu (fig. 266). Ground stone axes (fig. 265),often of very elegant shapes, were in general use, and woodenand hide shields were formerlv carried in defence.
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