96 ARTS AND CRAFTS OF GUIANA INDIANS [BTH. ANN. 38 
(woman or child) carefully supporting the perforated piece of calabash 
and walking with it at a pace proportionate with the twist toward 
the post on which the three yarns are tied (JO). 
Fic. 10.—Spindle guards. A, C, bone; B, calabash. 
39. Cotton cords, bands, ete. Cotton is largely employed in the 
manufacture of bands or cords used according to their width and 
contour as waistbands (for supporting the loin cloth, ete.), forehead 
bands, anklets, armlets, body cords, as supporting strings for the 
U) 
Fic. 11.—Method of manufacturing three-ply cotton twine. 
satchel form of pegalls, as slings for clubs, and for other purposes. 
The procedures connected with the making of these different articles 
will now be described, according to the methods or apparatus em- 
ployed. 
Fic. 12.—Bow drill for making three-yarn cotton scale lines. 
40. Cording. This is practiced among the Warrau, the left thumb 
and forefinger replacing the two “arms”’ of the flat lyre-shaped 
ivory apparatus that used to grace our grandmothers’ workboxes 
for making the fine silken cords to which their eyeglasses, etc., were 
