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Taurepang just as positively declared that the idea of the deer horn 
was to increase the weight of the head so that when shot to a height 
in a tree the arrow would be sure of falling to the ground again. 
[Norn.—This latter view is held by Nordenskidld, from the Gran 
Chaco, where the knob is only intended to prevent the implement 
from becoming stuck in the twigs of the trees, and so getting lost, 
should it miss the mark (NOR, 53).] 
139. Composite barbed arrows show so extreme an amount of 
variation that it becomes a matter of no small difficulty to group 
them, except, perhaps, by comparison with certain particularized ex- 
TCE eT AT 
Fie. 538.—Arrow ; head composite and fixed, barbed. 
amples of some well-known tribe—the more advanced the better. 
The Arawak seems to lend itself especially to the purpose. The 
oyawakashi (Ara., meaning unknown) is made of a piece of flat iron 
with a single barb below in the same plane and on the opposite side 
of the single barbed tip (fig. 53 A). It is employed by Arawak, 
Carib, and Warrau for any kind of fish, and is not feathered. The 
maruari-dahe (Ara., shark’s fin), also of iron, is like the oyawakashi, 
but has one or two barbs additional in the same plane and on the same 
side as the single tip (B). It is used for any kind of big fish in fresh 
or salt water, and is not feathered. The Makusi and Wapishana 
tukutchi (a claw), for shooting small fish, is identical with the 
Arawak oyawakashi. In one Wapishana specimen I have seen a 
double-barb tip, but I believe this is quite exceptional. It may or 
may not be feathered. The yatama-idak (Wapishana) or panachika 
