. Bulletin. Ethnology. 'ISSJi. r4 Ui^m *1 "11(41 IMliM J fln^lim r^^-y b Figure 41.^Mehinacu and Bacairi masks, a, b, Mehinacu; c, Bacdiri. (Redrawn from Steinen, 1894, figs. 103, 102, 94.) The lower part of the mask usually bears a beardlike fringe of straw. J'he best carved and painted masks seem to have been made by the Mehinacu and Aueto. The Trurnai, who now use no masks, had only woven cotton ones, probably borrowed from the Camayum (Quain, ms.). Most tribes had "fish" masks and "bird" masks, each probably asso- ciated with a dance cycle. Every village possessed
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 'ISSJi. r4 Ui^m *1 "11(41 IMliM J fln^lim r^^-y b Figure 41.^Mehinacu and Bacairi masks, a, b, Mehinacu; c, Bacdiri. (Redrawn from Steinen, 1894, figs. 103, 102, 94.) The lower part of the mask usually bears a beardlike fringe of straw. J'he best carved and painted masks seem to have been made by the Mehinacu and Aueto. The Trurnai, who now use no masks, had only woven cotton ones, probably borrowed from the Camayum (Quain, ms.). Most tribes had "fish" masks and "bird" masks, each probably asso- ciated with a dance cycle. Every village possessed its own collection of masks; today these are not worshiped and are willingly sold. Dances, songs, and music.—Bacairi women are excluded from the guest house during "great feasts" but participate in lesser feasts and in exclusively feminine festivals (Steinen, 1894). Except among the Trurnai, women are/allowed to dance (Quain, ms.). The Camayura have seven different dances. According to Dyott's description (1930, pp. 201-202) of a Nahukwa dance, men form two lines lengthwise of the house; the women, two rows at right angles to them. The men hold their hands out- stretched and stamp their feet; each woman rests an arm on the shoulder of her companion and swings the right foot back and forth. In another Nahukwa dance, witnessed by Von den Steinen, three men stamped and whirled rhythmically while an old woman jumped back and forth. In a Yaulapiti dance, the men circled counter-clockwise, stamping the right foot. Chanting, the women danced outside the circle, arm in arm and palm. 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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