. Bulletin. Ethnology. 584 SOUTH AMERICAN INDIANS [ Bull. 143. s''J,'fl>i^('«i Figure 81.—Panoan (Chama) walking aid for infants. (Redrawn from Tessmann, 1928.) enough to stand, a Chama child plays in a pen (fig. 81). For misbehavior, children are whipped or threatened with the jaguar. The Chama father frightens disobedient children with a disguise of banana leaves and a calabash mask. Boys play with toy canoes, bows, arrows, and the like, and girls with dolls; there are no group games. Every child is taught adult tasks (Tessmann, 1928, 1930). Naming involves no ritual, no sib names.
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 584 SOUTH AMERICAN INDIANS [ Bull. 143. s''J,'fl>i^('«i Figure 81.—Panoan (Chama) walking aid for infants. (Redrawn from Tessmann, 1928.) enough to stand, a Chama child plays in a pen (fig. 81). For misbehavior, children are whipped or threatened with the jaguar. The Chama father frightens disobedient children with a disguise of banana leaves and a calabash mask. Boys play with toy canoes, bows, arrows, and the like, and girls with dolls; there are no group games. Every child is taught adult tasks (Tessmann, 1928, 1930). Naming involves no ritual, no sib names. The ancient Conibo, how- ever, named and baptized children at the age of 1 year, when the head press was removed, subjected them to dietary restrictions, and gave them herbs to develop desirable qualities and to protect them from witchcraft (Izaguirre, 1922-29, 1:305-307). The Cashibo removed an infant girl's clitoris at 2 months (Tessmann), but the Chama performed this rite at puberty. Other Panoan tribes lacked this practice. Puberty.—None of these tribes have any initiation rite for boys, except that in 1800 the Cashibo were said to circumcize (Izaguirre, 1922-29, 9:42). Girl's puberty rites are usually minimal. At her first menses, the Amahuaca do nothing to the girl. The Cashibo and Nocomdn merely isolate her for a few days, the Urarina confine her 10 days, the Aguano for 1 month, but the Cashibo, Conibo, Setebo, and Shipibo have fairly elaborate ceremonies, featuring subincision. In 1871, Gait (ms.) said that the Conibo held a 10-day festival, after which the girl was tied to a tree for 3. 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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