INDEX AND GLOSSARY 
Crit, 6; type of pattern, 7; fixation in 
handle, 8; manufacture, 9; engraved 
celts, 11. 
CrEMENT. See Gums. 
CENTIPEDE, basketry design, 445. 
CEPHABLIS IPECACUANHA, emetic, 920. 
CEPHALOPTERUS ORNATUS, umbrella bird, 
566. 
CERcOLABHS, See Porcupine. 
CpREHU, CEREWU, seeds for “ bells,’’ 574. 
CEREMONIAL OF DRINKING, 278. 
CEREMONIES, MASTPR OF, 278. 
CEREUS SP., eaten, 247. 
CHamma. See Chayma. 
CHAIN-TWIST, pattern of weaving, 112. 
CuHarr, baby’s hanging-, 913. 
CHALK. See Earth eating. 
CHANGE OF RESIDENCE, 292. 
CHARADBS, 611. 
CHARMS, in necklaces, ete., 532, 535. 
CHASTISEMENT, 914. 
CuHastity, 733. 
CHAyMA (HiB, map) CHAIMA, in ancient 
Province of Cumana [west of the Ori- 
noco] (BRI, 257). Hilhouse speaks of 
the Chayma, a tribe of Akawai, inhabit- 
ing the Wayena [Waini] and Barama 
Rivers (HiB, 331). Carib stock. 
CHECKER BASKERY PATTHRN, 106, 430. 
CuHppk, deformation, 504. 
CHELICHTHYS PSITTACUS, 
CHEST ORNAMENTS, 537. 
CHIACOAR, Maize drink, 264. 
CuHIcHA, beer, 256. 
CHIbF, CHIEFTAINSHIP, chap. XXvii. 
CHIGOn, JIGGHR, 512, 934. 
CHILDHOOD, chap. xxxy. 
CHILDREN’S GAMES, 609-622 ; property, 736, 
915. 
CHIMU, OR SESE, palm from which salt is 
obtained, 250. 
CHINCHORRO (?7=sensoro), hammock, 459. 
CuHrparari, lanceolate composite-head arrow, 
137. 
CHIQuI-cHIQUI. See Leopoldina. 
CuHrricoa (G, 1, 252) ? Wander between the 
Meta and Ariari Rivers. Guahibo stock. 
CHISEL, STONE, 12. 
“ CHOPPING” FISH, 190. 
See Wurwurima. 
CHo-wa, a kind of kokerit used in bas- 
ketry, 480. 
CHRYSOTHRIX. See Sakawinki. 
CHUKA-TUKA (Ara., children), extra warps 
in certain baskets, 412. 
CuHupapoR, professional sucker, 925. 
CICHLA OCELLARIS, See Lukunanni. 
CIGAR, CIGARETTE, 283. 
CINNAMOMUM, Cultivated, 246. 
CIRCULAR-BASE BASKETS, 416-421. 
CIRCULAR HOUSES, 300-306. 
CIRCUMCISION, 507. 
CITRUS, cultivated, 246. 
CLASSIFICATION, arrows, 134; baskets, 448; 
celts, 7; hammocks, 479; houses, 298; 
mats, 394; trays, 402. 
CLAW-PATTERN, arrow-feathering, 182; bas- 
ketry, 445. 
727 
CLAy, eating, 253; cooking cylinders sup- 
porting the hearth, 364; baking oven, 
griddle, or hearth, 362, 364; modeling, 
612; musical instruments, resounding 
vessels, 557; flute, 562; trumpet, 556; 
whistle, 568; pigment, red, 28; pottery, 
89; mixed with certain ingredients, 90; 
pots and vessels, 389-391. 
CLIBADIUM SP., fish poison, 211. 
CLoaK. See Mantle. 
CLOTHES AND BODY DECORATION, chap. xxi. 
CLoupDS, string figure, 659, 686; leaf-strand 
figure, 621. 
CLUB, dancing, 593; fighting, 149-154. 
Coata. See Ateles. 
CocK-OF-THH-ROCK, Rupicola, hunted, 183; 
tamed, 724. 
Coconut, oil, 25, 515; cultivated, 247. 
COELOGENYS. See Labba. 
Cos, Cours, calabash drinking cup, 384. 
CoLocasia. See Tannier. 
COLORATION, of feathers artificially, 84; of 
hammocks, 478. 
Comes, 517. 
COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 760. 
COMMISSARIAT, 761. 
Conami. See Clibadium. 
ConpbuctT, rules of, chap. xxvi. 
CONE-BASE BASKETS, 423, 424. 
COND SHELL ORNAMENT FOR LIP, 74. 
CONSANGUINITY, 876. 
CONSTELLATIONS DEFINING THE SBASONS, 
937. 
CONURUS GUIANENSIS. See Maracana. 
CcoosHiz. See Kushi. 
Copaipa. See Copaifera officinalis. 
COPAIFERA OFFICINALIS, oil, balsam, 23; for 
body anointing, 511. 
COPAIFERA PUBIFLORA. See Purpleheart. 
CopaL. See Hymenaea courbaril. 
Copprrer, 751. See Caracoli. 
COPRIS BEETLE, harbinger of rainy season, 
938. 
CORD, UMBILICAL, treatment of, 905. 
CoRDING, with one thread, 40; with three, 
41. 
CORDS, TWINES, BANDS, of cotton, chap. iii; 
other materials, chap. iv. 
Cor1aL, “ dugout” boat, 792, 797; string 
figure, 668, 680. 
Corn, INDIAN. Sce Maize. 
CorPsk, painting of, 831, 833, 855, 860, 
864. . 
CosowEE. See Bixa. 
Corron, cultivated, 246; apron, 548; cords, 
bands, 39-44; hammocks, 460, 462, 466— 
476; scale lines, 38; twine, 33-37; sails, 
797; loopwork on a frame, 56. 
Covac. See Farine. 
CouaTa, CouaTTa, QuaTTa. See Ateles. 
CoucHh, vat made of hollowed tree, 848. 
CouGH, COLD, prevalent at rising of Great 
Bear, 937. 
CouLiALa, Island 
792: 
Coummry. See Humiria. 
COUNTERIRRITANTS, 926. 
Carib name for corial, 
