Handbook to the ethnographical collections . Fio. 260.—Board set with stonocliij)s for grating cassavii. BritishGuiana. 280 AMERICA are more usually tatued than men, and the faces of some of thewomen of the central tribes are covered with elaborate i> of the body, usually with such vegetable substances asthe juice of the hoia fruit {(/enija canito), is common in the northernpart of the Fig. 261. -Pottery Vaso (diam. 44 in.) for cassava-Avine from the iieiglibour-hood of Iquitos, Peru. Many of the more primitive tribes occupy mere shelters, but asa rule houses are re

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Handbook to the ethnographical collections . Fio. 260.—Board set with stonocliij)s for grating cassavii. BritishGuiana. 280 AMERICA are more usually tatued than men, and the faces of some of thewomen of the central tribes are covered with elaborate i> of the body, usually with such vegetable substances asthe juice of the hoia fruit {(/enija canito), is common in the northernpart of the Fig. 261. -Pottery Vaso (diam. 44 in.) for cassava-Avine from the iieiglibour-hood of Iquitos, Peru. Many of the more primitive tribes occupy mere shelters, but asa rule houses are rectangular in plan, built of posts and bambuwith a ridge-roof covered with leaves or grass ; the ends and sidesare often left open. Many houses are occupied by more than onefamily, and sometimes there are large communal houses. Near theordinary dwellings stands a hut containing objects used inreligious ceremonies, and serving as a residence for the priest or

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