INDEX AND GLOSSARY 
ARU-HUBA, Warrau name for cassava 
squeezer, 345. 
ARUM, poison from, 735. 
ARUNDINARIA SCHOMBURGKI, for blowgun, 
allie 
ASHES, tobacco, 288, 284. 
ASHIRITAI (Ara.), jagged simple-head ar- 
row, 135. 
ASPIDOSPERMUM 
or yaruru, 799. 
ASsAlI, nonfermented drink made from Eu- 
terpe oleracea, 270. 
ASTROCARYUM, oil, 25; 
eaten, 247; basketry, 100; 
127; spine for tattoo, 510. 
(See Akko-yuro), A. tucumoides 
Awarra). 
ATELES, couata, etc., monkey, hunted, 170; 
rendered unconscious with curare, 716; 
tamed, 722; hair for girdles, 543. 
ATOMO, Arawak name of harpoon arrow, 
142. 
Avoral, ATORYA, ATTARAYA (HiA, 26), 
Avorraipt (Cou), AToraD (JO). I be- 
lieve these are identical with the Daurai, 
Dauri (ScH, 166), or Tauri, though 
Schomburgk, in speaking of them as hay- 
ing reached the evening of their life as a 
EXCELSUM, paddle wood 
72; fruit 
bowstring, 
A. tucuma 
(See 
twine, 
people, evidently differentiates them 
(SR, 11, 388). The Atorad are called 
Saichiko by tribes farther south (JO). 
On the Guidaru (SeE, 162). Arawak 
stock. 
AtTa [OEcopoMA]. See Kushi. 
ATTACK, methods of, 762-764. 
ATTALEA FUNIFERA, cordage, 72. 
ATTALEA SPECIOSA, curua palm, pinnules 
for boxes, 28, 387. 
ATUPA, name for cassaya squeezer, 345. 
ATURE. See Adole. 
AucurRyY, frogs and toads kept for, 725. 
AURI, AURIES. See Mute dog. 
AUTHORITY, symbols of, 751. 
AVOCADO PEAR, Persea, cultivated, 246. 
Avourou. See Tairou. 
Awarra, Astrocaryum tucumoides, oil, 25; 
fruit eaten, 247; basket and plaitwork, 
100, 103; for hammocks, 461; seed used 
for drumstick, 578; cut into finger rings, 
542. 
AWARRIBE, Wapishana name for fan, 366. 
AwiarRRI. See Harri-harri, 560. 
Ax, stone, 6, 7; tortoise shell, 10. 
Ayrico (G, I, 201), Arrico, on headwaters 
of the Manacacia, the Hlé (a branch of 
the Meta) and Guainia (BRI, 273). All 
extinct now (KGG, 470). Betoya stock. 
Bagsoon, the almost invariable Creole term 
applied to the howler monkey (Mycetes). 
BapracoTp, a small 3 or 4 legged wooden 
staging upon which the meat is laid to 
be smoke-dried, 163, 333. 
BaBY HANGING-CHAIR, 913. 
BaBy SLING, 55; chap. xx; string figure, 
704, 
BABYHOOD, chap, xxxv. 
BACK ORNAMENTS, 537. 
723 
BaAcTRIS, paripi or peach-palm, 246. 
Bac, 388. 
BAGRBE, SILURUS, caught with red cloth, 
189; knocked over with cudgels, 190. 
Bait, Wapishana name for arrow, 128. 
Balti, Wapishana name for arrow shaft, 
130. 
Bait, seeds for, 188; red cloth, 189; red 
macaw feathers, 192; artificial fly, 192. 
BatyaRi-SHiIrRI (Ara.), ‘“‘fish-comb” type 
of fan, 367. 
Bal-yauro, Warrau name of paiwarri, 257. 
BAKING OVEN, SLAB, GRIDDLE, 361-363. 
Batata. Mimusops, sp. Cement, 23; for 
stone-chip graters, 335; fruit eaten, 247 ; 
bark for wood-skins, 798. 
Balt, clay, for eating, 253; leaf-strand 
figure, 621; playball, 602-606. 
BALSAMS, 23. 
BAMBA. See Benta. 
BAMBOO, arrow-poison, 123, 217; box, 385; 
flute, 560, 561; knife, 14, 516, 905. 
BANAB, temporary shelter, 293; string 
figure, 676. 
BANANA, cultivated, 246, 268. 
BAND, FOREHEAD, 530. 
BanpoLa. See Harri-harri, 560. 
BANps, cords, twine; cotton, chap. iii; other 
than cotton, chap. iv. 
BANISTERIA, Caapi, 288. 
BANIvA, VANIVA, BANIWA (KG), ABANB 
(G, 1, 250). On the River Atabapo 
(Cr, 531). Arawak and Betoya stock. 
Bar, pattern of feather fixation on ar- 
row, 132. 
BARAHISA, BARISA. 
BARAMALLI, See Pump wood. 
BARB, arrow, 129. 
BarBasco, Spanish name for vegetable fish 
poisons in general, 208. 
BARBECUE. See Babracote. 
Bare, Barry, an Arawak stock on the 
River Casiquiare. 
BaRIRI-OBADA (Ara., chicken-hawk claw), 
pattern of feather fixation on arrow, 
132. 
Bark, apron, 547; band for knapsacks, 
baskets, ete., 455; corsets, 543; head 
ring, 530; mats, 401; pestle and mortar, 
3881; shirt, 539; trumpet, 558. 
BARKING, dogs not, 717. 
BARRANCA, BARREIRA, steep river bank. 
BARTER AND TRADE, chap. xxxii. 
Bascara, fish poison, 209. 
BASIN BASKET, 440. 
BASKET, of specially prepared strands, 
412-447; adaptations of natural forms, 
453-457 ; classification, 448; cover work, 
449; trumpet, 559; patterns and designs, 
105-114; types of base, hexagon, 412— 
415; circular or oval, 416—421; conical, 
423, 424; and rectangular, 425-447; 
string figure, 666. 
BASKBTRY, woman's share in, 900; feather 
crowns, 519-527. 
BASKETRY AND PLAITWORK, chap. ix. 
Basso (War.), ‘“‘ landing-net’’ basket, 423 
See Bignonia. 
