. Bulletin. Ethnology. 260 SOUTH AMERICAN INDIANS [B. A. B. Bull. 143 killed with a harpoon tipped with a wooden or bone head {Mhayd and Mocovi). Otter are stalked with dogs and beaten to death with sticks. Hunters wear hunting charms sewn into belts or in small pouches. The magic bundle for catching rheas is made of this bird's neck and contains grass, leaves, and other foods eaten by it. The Pilagd paint themselves black when hunting rheas, believing that the birds will not recognize them. The Indians rub their bodies with special plants to insure good luck. In order to establish a bond betw
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 260 SOUTH AMERICAN INDIANS [B. A. B. Bull. 143 killed with a harpoon tipped with a wooden or bone head {Mhayd and Mocovi). Otter are stalked with dogs and beaten to death with sticks. Hunters wear hunting charms sewn into belts or in small pouches. The magic bundle for catching rheas is made of this bird's neck and contains grass, leaves, and other foods eaten by it. The Pilagd paint themselves black when hunting rheas, believing that the birds will not recognize them. The Indians rub their bodies with special plants to insure good luck. In order to establish a bond between themselves and the rheas which will facilitate their hunting luck, some Lengua bury a wooden egg in the ground and sit on it for a short while (Alarcon y Caiiedo, 1924, p. 50). The Lengua also use >,1,'..â â ', . ,< n'wC'-^^t''''" L '/''. Figure 28.âMataco jaguar trap. Schematic representation of pitfall and spring pole. Animal falling into pit releases spring pole and rings bell on tree. wax images as hunting charms, and on the night before a hunting party, they chant to the rhythm of their rattles to lure the prey to special areas. The ancient Mocovi smeared their dogs' snouts and their horses with jaguar blood to make them scent the animal from afar. Mataco and Lengua hunters always pluck the head feathers of birds they have shot and scatter them along the path to confuse and deceive the birds' spirits. Distribution of game.â^Wlien several Mhayd hunted together, the man who dealt the animal the death blow had the first right to the carcass and directed its division among the hunters (Sanchez Labra- dor, 1910-17,1: 202). The Mocovi, on the contrary, gave the game to the man who hit it first, even though someone else actually killed the. 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
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