Cuartrr XXI 
BODY DEFORMATION, DECORATION, ORNAMENTS. 
AND CLOTHES 
Deformation: Head (501); teeth (502); lips (508); cheeks (504); nostrils 
(505) ; ears (506) ; sexual (507). E 
Depilation (508). 
Tattoo: Face (509); other portions of body (510). 
Body: Anointing (511); painting (512, 513); feathering (514). 
Head: Hair dressing (515); cutting of the hair (516) ; hairpins, combs (517) ; 
coverings, dresses, decorations (518). 
Feather crowns (519-527) ; caps (528); ornaments (529). 
Forehead bands, fillets, rings (5380). 
Necklaces and shoulder belts: Teeth (531-533) ; other animal products (534) ; 
seeds and beads (535); stone and metal (536). 
Neck, back, and chest ornaments (537). 
Ruffs, tippets, mantles (538). 
Bark shirts (589). % 
Armlets (540); bracelets (541); rings (542). 
Belts, girdles (548-545). 
Loin cloths, aprons, laps, ete. (546); bark (547); cloth, cotton, ete. (548) ; 
seeds and beads (549) ; miscellaneous (550). 
Skirts (551). 
Leg ornaments (552). 
Sandals (553). 
501. Wath the Island Carib the forehead and nose were flattened 
artificially (RO, 487). This was done by the mothers as soon as 
the infants were born, pressing the head in such a way that it sloped 
a little backward. Besides being considered a sign of beauty, this 
shape was said to assist them in shooting arrows from a tree top, in 
securing a foothold, ete. (RO, 552). The Fapouyranas of Cayenne 
also had their heads artificially flattened from front to back. This 
was done by the mothers with the help of small boards which they 
tied tightly together on their children as soon as born (PBA, 239). 
In Surinam, says Stedman, most of these people (Carib), esteeming 
a flat forehead a mark of beauty, they compress the heads of their 
children, it is said, immediately after birth (St, 1, 398). On the 
upper Essequibo, beyond the Cuyuni, B. Brown talks of meeting 13 
Taruma and a Maopityan or Frog-Indian (Carib), who differed 
from the rest, and other Guiana tribes, in the shape of his head, which 
was exceedingly long, narrow, and high, and had a most extraordi- 
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