. Bulletin. Ethnology. Plate 19.—Tapirape ceremonies and house construction. Top, left: Youth in preparation for puberty ceremony. The large, heavy diadem of macaw feathers will be supportei by the lock of hair wrapped in cotton cord. Top, right: Shaman wearing dangerous ceremonial headdress during Thunder ceremony. He is intoxicated by tobacco and in a trance state. Bottom, left: Construction of men's house. Bottom, right: Dance masks representing the "Crying Spirit," one of many forest spirits who are said to come to stay for a time in the men's ceremonial house. (Courtesy Charles
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Plate 19.—Tapirape ceremonies and house construction. Top, left: Youth in preparation for puberty ceremony. The large, heavy diadem of macaw feathers will be supportei by the lock of hair wrapped in cotton cord. Top, right: Shaman wearing dangerous ceremonial headdress during Thunder ceremony. He is intoxicated by tobacco and in a trance state. Bottom, left: Construction of men's house. Bottom, right: Dance masks representing the "Crying Spirit," one of many forest spirits who are said to come to stay for a time in the men's ceremonial house. (Courtesy Charles Wagley.). 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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