. The lower Amazon; a narrative of explorations in the little known regions of the state of Pará, on the lower Amazon . Idol-heads which served as handles of large jars3^ size. Stone implements and crude clay objects vi size AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL MINE 319 wall. Three wooden boxes serve as chairs forvisitors. On the rafters hang suspended theclothes of the sons. Fishing tackle occupiesanother corner of the room. Amongst this I ob-serve a set of fishing harpoons for the pirarucii andlarge steel hooks for the pescada fish. An oldwooden cylinder, the ends of which are coveredwith deerskin, is also sus
. The lower Amazon; a narrative of explorations in the little known regions of the state of Pará, on the lower Amazon . Idol-heads which served as handles of large jars3^ size. Stone implements and crude clay objects vi size AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL MINE 319 wall. Three wooden boxes serve as chairs forvisitors. On the rafters hang suspended theclothes of the sons. Fishing tackle occupiesanother corner of the room. Amongst this I ob-serve a set of fishing harpoons for the pirarucii andlarge steel hooks for the pescada fish. An oldwooden cylinder, the ends of which are coveredwith deerskin, is also suspended from one is a tomtom which they use on days of joyand feasting. At night the mosquitoes come in swarms fromthe mondongos behind the island, and then there isnothing else to do but seek refuge under the mos-quito net, and sleep. Ludovicos women folks all sleep in one largeroom without windows in the middle of the are all good-natured cahoclas whom I learnto respect and esteem very much. On the follow-ing day when I invite them out in front of thehouse to be photographed they willingly accept,after spending an hour or so in donning their verybe
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