. Bulletin. Ethnology. 672 SOUTH AMERICAN INDIANS [ Bull. 143 and silicious earth gave the clay various shades of color. The surface of the pot was coated with rosin immediately after it was fired. Cashinawa earthenware was made of a blackish clay that could be obtained only in a few places and was tempered with crushed potsherds. Vases were ornamented with geometrical designs similar to those of body paintings. Weaving.—The only loom that has been described is a small one on which the Ipurind (fig. 98) wove armbands. It consists of a triangular frame; the warp threads are wound around a
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 672 SOUTH AMERICAN INDIANS [ Bull. 143 and silicious earth gave the clay various shades of color. The surface of the pot was coated with rosin immediately after it was fired. Cashinawa earthenware was made of a blackish clay that could be obtained only in a few places and was tempered with crushed potsherds. Vases were ornamented with geometrical designs similar to those of body paintings. Weaving.—The only loom that has been described is a small one on which the Ipurind (fig. 98) wove armbands. It consists of a triangular frame; the warp threads are wound around a cross bar and two parallel strings. There is no device to maintain the warp Figure 98.—Ipurind loom. (Redrawn from Ehrenreich, 1891 a, fig. 42.) Tools.—The Yamamadi chisel for carving arrows was an agouti tooth hafted to a long bone. Fire making.—The Yamamadi fire drill (fig. 99, c) was of the usual type but had a piece of wood lashed to the horizontal stick to permit a firmer grip on the drill during the twirling process. The fire fan was of basketry. Weapons.—The bow and arrow were without exception the main weapon of all the tribes of the area. In former times the Ipurind had spear throwers, which they discarded during the last century for the bow and arrow. Bows were carved of palm wood (of pupunha palm among the Cashinawa) ; their section was plano-convex {Yamamadi) or elliptical {Ipurind) ; and the strings were of palm fibers {Yamamadi) or of cotton {Ipurind). Cashinawa bows were decorated with artistic cotton 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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