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CASE The hole by which it is suspended is bored by means of slender 

 57. strips of the skin of the stem of a species of Alpfnia, twisted 

 rapidly between the palms of the hands, with the addition of 

 a little fine sand. It is said to be the work. of weeks to bore 

 one of them. The string is made of the fibre of (hq TtjcuM 

 palm, and the seeds are those of a gourd. *:- h ■ ^ f, . 



Note BiiiROS or needles used on the Amazon in making cushion 

 lace. The knobs are the fruits of the Tucum palm scrajjed and 

 polished. A pipe is also exhibited from British Guiana, the bowl 

 of which is made from the hollowed fruit of the same palm. 



On the bottom shelf observe a box made of the leaves of the 

 Uauassu palm, (Attalea sp.), crossed with Tucum string, from 

 the Rio Uaupes.; ■■'•"-'■'■''■'_"■'''■ ;-■ • ::'.'i'- :.v/' 



Room No. 5 



CASE ^" *^^ upper part of this ,Gase ki*e exhibited niale atid female 



5g^ spadices and portions of stems of various species of Asiroca- 



Q'l/um, chiefly from Brazil, including A. acnlealum^ Mey., A. 



Tucuma, Mart.,, ^. Ayri, Mart., A^ gijnacanthum, ^^it., aifi'd 



A. acaule, Mart. ' ,' ' '' '' '^ 



Note the hard bony fruits of several species of Astrocarytcm^ 

 and photographs of young Aroacooshi palms {A. gijnacan- 

 thum, Mart., var. viunbacea)^ at Pomeroon, British Guiana, and 

 a group of Aavarra palms {A. tucumoides, t)rude), at Mac- 

 casscema, British Guiana. 



On the middle shelf observe Basket made by the Indians on 

 Rio Tapajoz, Amazon, from the leaves of the Tucuma palm 

 (^Asfrocari/itm Tucuma, Mart.). In the lower division note 

 bat made of the same leaves, from British Guiana. "' '•*''^''*^ 



Note also fans made of the leaves of the AwARUA'palni' i^As- 

 trocdryum tucumoides^ Drudc). Used by the Indians of 

 British Guiana to blow their fires. ' ; 



Observe in lower division a large open-work mat mnde 'Jtl 

 Cayenne, from the same leaves. "'" ' - '^ 



No. 117. Portion of stem of 'Gm€r6i palm of Trinidad 

 {Astrocaryum aculeatum, Mey.). Observe walking sticks in 

 the rough and finished states, made probably of the saplings 

 of Astrocaryum aculeatum, imported in large quantities from 

 the West Indies under the name of Gri Gri. 

 CA.SE This Case is filled chiefly with spadices, stems, and fruits of 

 59. various species of Bactris, including B. Maraja, Mart., B. 

 leucantha, Wendl., B. coucinita, Mart., B. trichospatha, 'JYail., 



