692 ARTS AND CRAFTS OF GUIANA INDIANS [BTH, ANN. 38 - 
came one behind the other, down the middle of the house, with a 
large calabashful in each hand, half stoopiny down, with a kind of 
running dance, and making a curious whirring, humming noise. On 
reaching the door they parted on each side, distributing their cala- 
bashes to whoever wished to drink . . . every time with the same 
peculiar forms, which evidently constitute the etiquette of the caxiri 
servers (ARW, 205). With the island Carib, for strangers of their 
own nation there was a special attendant, a male, appointed to wait. 
upon and serve them, etc. (sec. 811). A male also served during the 
chieftainship ordeal (sec. 745). 
903. With the exception of jangling seed capsules, all musical in- 
struments would seem to be the perquisites of the sterner sex. For 
information concerning the status, etc., of women in the community 
see dancing (sec. 595), female chiefs (sec. 750), warfare (secs. 755, 
761). 
