. Bulletin. Ethnology. 296 SOUTH AMERICAN INDIANS [B. A. E. Bull. 143 cemented in place with wax. The Ahipon used feathers from crows, the Mocovi from birds of prey. The Mocovi decorated their arrow shafts with red rings (fig. 36, a-g). When shooting, the Indians hold the arrow between the thumb and the index finger, and pull the string with the middle and fourth fingers {Payagud, Lengua, Pilagd, Ashluslay^ Macd). The wrist. FIG0EB 36.—Chaco weapons, a-e. Wooden arrow points; /, iron arrow point; g, arrow butt with featliering; h, cow-horn harpoon head; i, wooden war club (h, Mataco; all other
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 296 SOUTH AMERICAN INDIANS [B. A. E. Bull. 143 cemented in place with wax. The Ahipon used feathers from crows, the Mocovi from birds of prey. The Mocovi decorated their arrow shafts with red rings (fig. 36, a-g). When shooting, the Indians hold the arrow between the thumb and the index finger, and pull the string with the middle and fourth fingers {Payagud, Lengua, Pilagd, Ashluslay^ Macd). The wrist. FIG0EB 36.—Chaco weapons, a-e. Wooden arrow points; /, iron arrow point; g, arrow butt with featliering; h, cow-horn harpoon head; i, wooden war club (h, Mataco; all others Pilagd.) (M6traux collection, American Museum of Natural History.) is protected by a leather or wooden guard (Ahipon, Mocovi), by a wrapping of caraguata strings {Toha, Mataco, Guaranoca), or by braids of human hair {Mhayd), Quivers.—Quivers, known only to the Ahipon and Mocovi, were made of "rushes, and adorned with woolen threads of various colors" (Dobrizhoffer, 1784, 2:398; Baucke, 1935, pi. 16). As a rule, the Chaco Indians carry their arrows in their hands or pass them through their 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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