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nursing and weaning, 29-30, 241, 



277-279, 384 

 postnatal interests, 21-29, 240, 271- 



277, 383-384 

 sick, treatment of, 33 

 smiling, 276, 384 

 sterilizing the eyes of, 18, 239, 269 

 talking, 28, 277, 384 

 teething, 27, 240, 276, 281, 383 

 toilet training, 23, 29, 240, 241, 273 

 transportation of, 25-26, 240, 274- 



275, 383 



walking, 28, 241, 277, 384 

 Bachelor buttons, 185 

 Bad words, use of, 54 

 Bags, carrying, 234 



fiber, 192 



netted, 192, 193, 194, 221, 234-235, 

 236, 254, 255, 257 

 Ballads, 247 

 Balls, 248 



cochayuyo, 103-104, 105, 106 



wooden, 104 

 Balsas, 195, 196, 254 

 Bandurria (bird), 189, 402 

 Banner used by machi, 116 

 Baptisms, 197 

 Bark cord, making of, 98 

 Barley, 214, 354, 365 

 Barrancas River, xiv 

 Bartering, 196, 254, 357-358, 391 

 Basketry, 234-236, 257, 380 

 Baskets, 221, 234, 366, 367, 369, 371, 

 380, 392, 394 



carrying, 192-193, 201, 234, 254, 

 257. 369, 380, 394 



filter, 234 



fish, 253 



storage, 221, 234, 235, 255, 257, 369 



woven, 201, 203-204, 235, 257, 380, 

 394 

 Bathing: adults, 20, 58, 239, 294, 386 



babies, 20-21, 240, 271, 383 



children, 48, 240, 243 

 Battles with Chileans and Spaniards, 3 

 Bauerle, Dr. and Mrs. John, xvi 

 Beans, 184, 197, 355 

 Beating of women, 69 

 Beautifying the face, 19-20, 239, 270, 



383 

 Beauty, recognition of, 49 

 Beck, Monsignor Guido, xiii, xv 

 Bed clothes, 221, 255 

 Beds, platform, 220-221, 255 

 Beef, 209, 210-21 1, 254, 364, 392 



Bees, 186, 253 



Behavior, adult, 58-73, 244-245, 294- 

 301, 386 



child, 48-57, 243-244, 286-294, 385- 

 386 

 Belt studdings, silver, 294, 386 

 Belts, leather (trarutiiwe), 222 



woven, 234, 257, 358, 375, 378; 

 (chamallwe), 222, 231; (tra- 

 riiwe), 184, 223, 231, 375 

 Benches, 221, 374 

 Berets, 223 

 Bergan, Beatrice, xvi 

 Beschtedt, Fernandez, xvii 

 Beverages, list of, 371 



See also Chica ; Mudai ; Piilku ; 

 Yerba mate 

 Bibliography, 404-423 

 Bichon, Maria, xv 



Birds, 109, no, 158, 182, 185, 189, 191, 

 199, 205, 209, 253, 254, 261, 278, 343, 

 359, 360, 361, 363, 391, 402-403 

 Birth, aids at, 267 



attendants at, 12-14, 238-239, 267- 



268, 382 

 atypical conditions, 31, 241, 279, 



384-385 

 care of mother and newborn child, 

 12-21, 238-240, 267-271, 382-383 

 celebration of, 12 

 fumigation after, 12 

 medicines used for, 14, 15, 239, 



267-268, 382 

 multiple, 31, 279, 384 

 persons present at, 12 

 place of, 12, 267 

 position assumed by mother, 14-15, 



239, 268, 382 

 premature, 268, 382 

 presence of children at, 57, 244, 



267, 382 

 procedure, 12 

 recording of, 268, 282 

 Bits, wooden, 193 

 Bivalves, 191 

 Black art, 154-156, 243, 248, 251, 341- 



342, 390 

 Black dye, 229, 230, 379 

 Blackfeet Indians, 14, 298, 302 

 Blankets, wool, 186, 197, 231, 232, 233, 



234, 255, 257, 358, 375, 378, 393 

 Bleaching, 378-379, 393 

 Bleeding, treatment for, 16-17 

 Blindness, 33, 242 



treatment for, 239 



