. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, 1871. is thenleft in the sieve to undergo a partial drying,and is soon ready for another process, thatof the press; and it is remarkable that,though presses of various descriptions havebeen sent from Europe, none of them seemto answer so well as the native Guianan presscalled the tipiti. This press is a long,cylindrical basket,
. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, 1871. is thenleft in the sieve to undergo a partial drying,and is soon ready for another process, thatof the press; and it is remarkable that,though presses of various descriptions havebeen sent from Europe, none of them seemto answer so well as the native Guianan presscalled the tipiti. This press is a long,cylindrical basket, from six to seven feet inlength, and about four inches in diameter,made of the bark of the Jacitara palm, aspecies of Desmoncus. The lower part of thetipiti is closed, and brought nearly to a point,while the upper part is left open, each endterminating in a very strong loop. Owingto the mode in which the tipiti is made, thecentral portion is highly elastic, while themouth and tip are comparatively stiff. One ofthese is represented on the following page. Several of these tipities generally hang tothe roof or the cross-beam of the hut, so asto be ready for use when wanted. One ofthem is then filled with grated cassava, whichis thrust into the elastic tube as tightly as. BEAD APRON. (See page 1256.) (1249) MAKING CASSAVA. 1251 possible, so as to cause it to become verymuch shorter, and very much thicker in themiddle. Underneath the tipiti is placedan earthenware bowl to receive the such as these are made by the na-tives, and although they are very fragile, asthe clay is never thoroughly kneaded, andthe baking is insufficient, they can endurethe fire well enough for cooking vessel which is represented in the illus-tration is of a deep brown color, striped andspotted with black. Besides these soft and fragile bowls, thenatives make bottles for the purpose ofcarrying water. Some of these clay bottlesare really elegant in form, and show evi-dences of artist
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