. Bulletin. Ethnology. Vol. 4] VENEZUELAN LLANOS TRIBES—KIRCHHOFF 449 yielding up to 50 pounds (2 arrobas) of fruit, loom large in the thought and conversations of these Indians, and the palm-fruit season is the happy time of the year. During the remaining months they must rely on the guapos and other roots. By Marcano's time the Guahibo had taken to the cultivation of bitter manioc and cotton. Food preparation.—Meat is roasted in or over the fire. Intestines are eaten uncleaned, and even those left by members of a sedentary tribe are greedily devoured. Meat and fish are preserved by smoking.
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Vol. 4] VENEZUELAN LLANOS TRIBES—KIRCHHOFF 449 yielding up to 50 pounds (2 arrobas) of fruit, loom large in the thought and conversations of these Indians, and the palm-fruit season is the happy time of the year. During the remaining months they must rely on the guapos and other roots. By Marcano's time the Guahibo had taken to the cultivation of bitter manioc and cotton. Food preparation.—Meat is roasted in or over the fire. Intestines are eaten uncleaned, and even those left by members of a sedentary tribe are greedily devoured. Meat and fish are preserved by smoking. How roots are prepared for eating is not stated. Palm fruits are roasted in or over the fire, cooked in vessels (presumably of pottery), or consumed in the form of a liquid the appearance of which is described as similar to beaten eggs. Wooden mortars, though actually mentioned only in the process of extracting oil from the fruit of the cunama palm, are probably used in the preparation of vegetable food as well. The Guahibo and Chiricoa extract from palm trees (apparently the corozo palm) a juice which they allow to ferment in a manner similar to that described for the Warrau. (See Handbook, vol. 3, p. 871.) The use of salt is unknown. DWELLINGS These nomadic peoples never spend more than 2 or 3 nights in the same place. Consequently, dwellings are either completely lacking, as among 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 Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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