724 
BASTARD BULLET TREB. See Humiria. 
Bar, string figure, 682. 
Bat’s BANE, 934. 
BAT’s FINGER. See Homalium. 
BATBLAO, a large bateau. 
BATH, vapor, 922; bathing, 932. 
BAxones, flute reed instruments, 570. 
BbaD, variety, 73-76; grow on trees, 
threading, 77; beadwork, 899; apron, 7s, 
549; necklace, 535. 
Beater. See Temporary separator. 
Bopp, domestic, 726; bees and excreta, 721, 
935; bees and wasps eaten, 226. 
BrENA. See Bina. 
BrenIve. See Circular house. 
“Beer,” chicha, 256. 
Brrswax, 5, 24. 
BbPETLE, eaten, 224; string figure, 665. 
BEETLE-WING CASES, music, 575. 
BEHERSDA TRBB, for tinder, 1. 
BEIJU, cassava cake, 236. 
BrsuCcO, vine rope for cordage, ete., 580. 
BELErTo. See Beltiri. 
BELL, 574. 
BELL SHELL ORNAMENT FOR LIP, 74. 
BELL TENT. See Circular house. 
BBPLLUCIA AUBLETIL, paint, 28; for pottery, 
94. 
BELLY-BASKET, 439. 
BELT, 543-545. 
BeELTIRI, drink, 259. 
BENCH, domestic, 328-331; for acouri, ete., 
164. 
BeN?TA, Monochord musical instrument, 571. 
BereiA, drink, 261. 
BPRTHOLLETIA, ‘“ Brazil-nut,” 
wood for calking, 796. 
BETE-ROUGE, body vermin, 512. 
Beroya, BevTor, on and near the Casanare, 
a branch of the Meta. All extinet now 
(KGG, 470). A linguistic’ stock that de- 
rived its name from a tribe dwelling at 
the foot of the mountains of Bogota, 
between the Rivers Apure and Tame. - 
BETROTHAL, 868. 
BETTING, on results of ball play, 603. 
R99+ 
247; + sap- 
Biauro. See Bignonia. 
Bicuegr. See Bixa. 
BIGNONIA CHICA, pigment, 28; for body 
painting, 512; for pottery, 94; ham- 
mock staining, 478; B. species for bas- 
ket weaving, 100. 
BIMITTI, or humming-bird dance, 587. 
Bina, charm, 162; nose string, 63. 
Birp, methods of capture, 176; domestica- 
tion, taming, and in captivity, 716, 724; 
basketry pattern, 444; string figures, 
breastbone, 669; nest, 667; trap, 675; 
footprints, 696-697. 
Birp LIME, for stone-chip graters, 335. 
BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD, chap. xxxv. 
BIs!I, resin, 23; timber for boats, 794. 
BIXA ORELLANA, pigment, 28; for body 
painting, 512; for pottery, 94; for arti- 
ficial feather coloration, 84; timber for 
fire sticks, 1. 
INDEX AND GLOSSARY 
BLACK CINNAMON, timber for clubs, 150. 
BLACK PIGMENTS, 30. 
BLADE-GRASS BASKETRY PATTERN, 444. 
BLAKEBA. See Bellucia. 
BLOCK-TYPD CLUB, 153. 
BLoop, bleeding, etc., 923, 924, 752. 
BLOwGwN, 117-119; darts and dart poison, 
120-123; quivers, 124; blowguns as 
toys, 616. 
Boa-constricror. See Camudl. 
Boarb, string figure, 664, 
BOATS, RAFTS, ETC., chap. Xxx; women and 
boatbuilding, 899. 
Bopy, Erc., anointing, 511; feathering, 
514; painting, 512, 513; tattoo, 510; 
decorations and ornaments, chap. xxi. 
BOEBRHAVIA HIRSUTA, emetic, 920. 
Bots roucGp. See Humiria. 
BOMBAX SpP., silk-cotton tree, 
darts, 124. 
BONE, chest ornament, 537; flageolet, 564; 
needle, 70; whistle, 569. 
BONES, preserved, 832, 838. 
Booga PALM. See Iriartea. 
Boru-BorRv, for snake bite, 929. 
BOTTLE-SHAPE BASKET, 415. 
Boturo, the 2 or 3 belly clay trumpet, 556. 
Bow, timber for, 125; manufacture of, 126. 
See Arrow. 
Bow-pRILL, 19, 38. 
BOwW-STRING, 127; bow-string puzzle, 713. 
Bow-woop. See Washiba. 
BOWL BASKET, 440, 
Boxegs, 385, 387. 
BRACELETS, 541. 
BRAZIL NuT. See Bertholletia. 
BREAD, cassava, 236. 
BREASTBOND, bird’s, string figure, 669. 
BripGe, 791. 
BROMELIA. See Kuraua. 
BROSIMUM AUBLETII, for bow making, 125; 
clubs, 149. 
BrusH, for painting, 512. 
Busa. See Iriartea. 
Buck, BUCKPEN, the Creole name for male 
cotton for 
and female aboriginal Indians, respec- 
tively, 792. 
BucK SHELL, a corial, 792. 
BUCK-SICKNESS, ulceration, ete., of the 
protruded bowel after dysentery, with a 
usually fatal issue. 
Buck-wax. See Moronobea. 
Bucs, not indigenous, 934, 
BUHAGANA, on the upper 
Tiquie. Betoya stock. 
BuLimus, 286. 
BULLET-TRER. See Mimusops. 
BULLET-TREE, bastard. See Humiria. 
BoniA, stinking bird, Ostinops sp. 
BUPRESTIS, wing cases as bells, 575. 
BURAKURA, BURUKURU, BUROKORO. 
Brosimum. 
BURE-AKWA, gourd flageolet, 565. 
BurGos sp., for shell beads, 738. 
Buri, timber for fire stick, 1. 
Apaporis and 
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