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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, l'JOl. 



The following they call the song of the turtle: 



1 wander, always wander, and when I get where I want to go I shall not stop, 

 but still go on. 



They pass much of their time along the river, roaming from one sand 

 bar to another in search of food, but have more permanent villages on 

 the lakes inland, which they occupy during the rainy season. 



The} r are all marked with a peculiar skin disease which leaves large 

 white spots on the hands and feet, and shows on the face and other 

 parts of the body in dark, ashy blotches, which itch continually. One 



Fig. 15.— Clothing of Pauman Indians, a, woman's apron (tanga); b, man's apron (tanga); c, neck- 

 lace of monkey's teeth. 



old fellow, covered with this disease, was seen lying naked on a mat 

 scraping himself with a clam shell. They make much greater use of 

 paint than the other tribes of the Purtis, covering their bodies and 

 limbs with broad, horizontal, red stripes. Their paint is made by 

 mixing annatto with balsam copaiba. The painting is done by dip- 

 ping the ends of the fingers in the paint and drawing them around the 

 body and limbs. The face may be entirely covered or painted in fanci 

 ful stripes. They go bareheaded and barefooted, and dress in the tanga, 

 a little apron -1 by 4 inches in size, made of cotton threads and colored 

 red with annatto (tig. 15). The aprons of the women are a little larger 



