. Bulletin. Ethnology. 184 SOUTH AMERICAN INDIANS [ Bull. 143 Young men wear large armlets almost 12 inches (30 cm.) long crocheted of cotton with hanging fringes. Women wear a bark-cloth girdle, which is wound round the body and under the crotch and looped over, hanging down in front. Feather head- dresses of a number of different designs are worn by men on festal occa- sions. Men tie the prepuce with a firmly wound string and wear a string belt. Elaborately decorated woven belts with hanging ema feathers are worn for wrestling matches. Bird down is glued on the shoulders, arms, and leg
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 184 SOUTH AMERICAN INDIANS [ Bull. 143 Young men wear large armlets almost 12 inches (30 cm.) long crocheted of cotton with hanging fringes. Women wear a bark-cloth girdle, which is wound round the body and under the crotch and looped over, hanging down in front. Feather head- dresses of a number of different designs are worn by men on festal occa- sions. Men tie the prepuce with a firmly wound string and wear a string belt. Elaborately decorated woven belts with hanging ema feathers are worn for wrestling matches. Bird down is glued on the shoulders, arms, and legs. Body painting is very elaborate, and designs covering the entire body are carefully executed with genipa. Urucii is spread generally, with accents on the cheekbones, the nose, and the upper arm. TRANSPORTATION The Carajd manufacture elongated dugouts, neatly adapted to landing and freeing their craft among the sandbanks. MANUFACTURES Bark cloth.—Bark cloth is made of Apeiba bast, soaked, beaten with flat stones, and dried until it becomes very soft and 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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