. Bulletin. Ethnology. both] ADDITIONAL STUDIES OF GUIANA INDIANS 97 260 rungs and I have often pondered over the labor and skill entailed in the fixation and construction. Of other methods employed in climbiug, there is the type of a single log with successive steps cut in it, often to be seen on the banks of various streams, or sometimes doing duty as a doorstep. For mount- ing from the ground floor to the upper story in Makusi, etc., houses I have noticed a pole with rungs tied more or less at their centers across it at regular in- tervals. A more ad- vanced development consists of two post
. Bulletin. Ethnology. both] ADDITIONAL STUDIES OF GUIANA INDIANS 97 260 rungs and I have often pondered over the labor and skill entailed in the fixation and construction. Of other methods employed in climbiug, there is the type of a single log with successive steps cut in it, often to be seen on the banks of various streams, or sometimes doing duty as a doorstep. For mount- ing from the ground floor to the upper story in Makusi, etc., houses I have noticed a pole with rungs tied more or less at their centers across it at regular in- tervals. A more ad- vanced development consists of two posts with notches into which the rungs are attached and employed for simi- lar purposes. (GOE, 11.) 790. At end of section add: On the other hand, a sturdy vine rope can be utilized for climbing the tree from which it is dependent. (HER, 40.) But trees may be climbed without any apparatus at all * * * now, most of the young Indians [Arawaks at Paramaribo] began a general attack by climb- ing the trees with great agility but not, as Eu- ropeans do, with the help of the knees. These Indians put the soles of their feet against the trees, and in this manner walked up, holding fast with the hands, which certainly must require a great deal more strength. (SAC, 122.) 793 A. Canoe making on the Kuyuwini, a branch of the upper Esse- quibo, has some interesting features about it. (Fig. 89.) After felling and trimming the log, the Wapishana flatten the top surface,. FiGiTEE 89.—Canoe making on the upper Essequibo. 793 A) ( 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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