546 ARTS AND CRAFTS OF GUIANA INDIANS [BTH, ANN. 38 
107. Fowl anus. Ara., War., Mak., Pat., Car. (fig. 324). 
The stages of manufacture are shown in the accompanying illus- 
trations. By holding onto the extremities of the string and working 
Fig, 323.—The woodpecker. (Makusi.) 
the thumb out and in, the aperture (@) can be widened or narrowed 
as desired. 
708. To cut the fingers—First method: Arawak and most of the 
British Guiana tribes (fig. 325). Place the string on left hand, 
Fic. 324.—Fowl anus. (Arawak, ete.) 
stage by stage, as represented in the above illustrations. Arriving 
at stage F release the thumb from its two loops, and, on pulling 
sharply at the ends of the string, the remaining digits will be freed. 
709. Zo cut the fingers—Second method: Arawak and most of the 
British Guiana tribes. Makusi call it Worms crawling in the mud 
