. Bulletin. Ethnology. 92 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 91. the dancing now made good progress—an uncommonly pretty sight. They soon reached the dancing floor. The koenanas were taken from the dancers, and in their place a dance arrow fastened to the left wrist, and with a spring they stepped onto the dancing floor and started stamping straddle-legged there, all the time blowing on their flutes. The people rammed posts in the ground here and there onto which they slung their hammocks, so as not to lose anything of the show, and yet be able to have a rest. The three danced like this all t
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 92 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 91. the dancing now made good progress—an uncommonly pretty sight. They soon reached the dancing floor. The koenanas were taken from the dancers, and in their place a dance arrow fastened to the left wrist, and with a spring they stepped onto the dancing floor and started stamping straddle-legged there, all the time blowing on their flutes. The people rammed posts in the ground here and there onto which they slung their hammocks, so as not to lose anything of the show, and yet be able to have a rest. The three danced like this all the night through. Only now and again did one leave his place. The heavy olok was taken off him, and, seated on a bench, he refreshed himself with omani. At break of day, however, their gorgeousness and magnificence came to an end. Makot was the first to stop dancing, and betook himself to the spot where they had dressed him the night before. They now stripped him of all his ornaments, and he was then led to the dancing floor. Pontoetoe now took one of the koenanas and commenced pressing it on all sorts of spots on the unfortunate man's body. * * * * The sufferers have now to keep a strict fast for the next six days, when they are only al- lowed to use dry cassava. The omani was not yet ripe and the other young men spent the rest of the morning in various games. One of the funniest of those games was when some men imitated a troop of couatta monkeys who went to disturb the repose of the sufferers by climbing onto the tiebeams of the ornament house. The others formed a complete hunt- ing party, tracked the monkeys up and finally overpowered them. (GOT, 108i^- 1093.) 589. Line 10, after C). add: How the Taulipang manage to join the horizontal onto the vertical pinnules in making the crowns, etc., is shown in Figure 85, which I have taken from Koch-Grunberg. (KGR, iii, pi. 8, fig. 4.) 610. At end of section add: Wapishana youngsters are also adept at shooting play arrows— any r
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