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taná (yellow earth) and carajurá. Children wear similar garters almost 
from infancy, and the leg just below the knee is so tightly compressed 
by them that a deep and permanent impression is produced. 
138. Beads, worn shotbag-wise, over the left shoulder and under 
the right arm. 
139. Box, in which the above articles are contained. It is made of 
the pinne of the frond of the Uauassá (Attalea sp.) crossed by tueüm- 
string. The frame of the top and bottom seems to be paxitiba. 
140. Shield, of the sipó called Timo-titica. It is partially smeared 
with pitch of Ænanź (Moronobea globulifera). 
141. Banquinho, or stool of the Uaupé Indians, cut out of one piece 
of some soft wood. The top is stained with red and black, but I have 
not yet learnt the ingredients used. 
142. Instrument shaped like a tuning-fork, used for supporting the 
great cigars smoked on state occasions. The sharp end is stuck into 
the ground, and the Tucháua (being seated on a banquinho) supports 
his cigar of 18 inches or more in length between the forks. The wood 
is pao d'arco. The carving is coloured yellow with taná. 
143. Curabi, or poisoned arrows, of the Uaupés, and two bows off '- 
the same Indians. Arrows: shaft of Gynerium saccharoides; head of ; 
paziba (Iriartea exorrhiza, Mart.) wrapped with two kinds of thread ; : 
that nearest the base being of curaná, and that next the point of the 
pellicle of the frond of the Murití (Mauritia sp.). The poison with 
Which the heads are anointed is Viraré. Quiver of Uauassá, wrapped 
with a broad strip of Oambé-cima at mouth, below this with monkey’s- 
hair string, then with a lattice-work of Uarumá crossed horizontally 
with Oambé ; and the wrapping at the end is of curaná, pitched, and co- 
loured with carajurá. Bows of pao d’arco, strings of Tururi bark, 
which is said to be stronger than either curaná or tucám: they are 
waxed with gum, either of Ananí or of Cumá. * 
JHem.! The Indians prefer leaving the strings of their bows rather — e 
rough, as a security against the arrow slipping in the act of shooting. — 
144. Curabi of the Macü Indians. These arrows differ from the above 
in having the head of méra-piranga. The wrapping is of cotton and 
monkey's-hair cord in place of curaná, but there is the same TATE 
of the beautiful murití-thread next the poisoned part. The Uirarí of 
the Muctis is more deadly than any other. It is said to be the milk 
of some tree, which is applied fresh to the arrows every time they are 
to be used. 
