728 
CouraTariA, cigarette wrapper, 283. 
COURIA DRINK, 261. 
CouSscOU DRINK, 268. 
COUSINS, marriage by right, 874. 
COUSSAPOA LATIFOLIA, for red pigment, 28. 
CouvaDn, 907. 
Couyn. See Cuya. 
Cover, knapsack, 452. 
COVER-BASKETRY, 449. 
COVERINGS, head, 518. 
Cowerty, string figure, 692. 
Cras, search for, 220; according to posi- 
tion of Pleiades, 937; string figure, 640— 
642. 
CRAB-DOG, CRABBED-DOG, CRABEDAGO, CRABBO- 
DAGO, 717. 
CRAB-NUT, OIL, WOOD. See Carapa. 
CRANE, figure carried at Makuari dance, 
842, 843. 
Crapo (French, crapaud), Creole term for 
toad or frog. 
Crax. See Powis. 
CREDENTIALS, exchange of, 815. 
CREDIT AND TRUST, 820. 
CREBL, cage basket for fish, 204-206; man- 
ufacture and patterns, 421; string fig- 
ures, 673, 674, 677. 
CREMATION, 835. 
CreoLte. In British Guiana the term is 
applied to anything, man or beast, born 
and bred in the colony. 
CriMp, chap. Xxvi. 
CRIPPLED CHILD, destroyed, 729. 
CROCHET WORK, 49, 50. 
CrocopiLp. See Alligator. 
CROSSED QUADRILATERAL PATTERN, weaving, 
111; basketry pattern, 429. 
CROTOPHAGA MaAsoR. See “Old Witch” 
bird. 
Crowa, Crowra. See Kurana. 
CROWN, FBATHER, 519-526. 
CRYPTOCARYA PRETIOSA, for fever and dysen- 
tery, 927. 
CUBARRO, palm, eaten, 247; for flutes, 559. 
CupenL, for fish, 190. 
CuMaA TREE, “milk” for glazing pottery, 
93. 
CUMANAGOTO, in ancient Province of Cu- 
mana (BRI, 257), west of the Orinoco. 
Of Carib stock. 
CuMAPARU, CUNAPARU. See Phyllanthus. 
CumaraAwa, dart poison, 120. 
Cuna, fish poison, 209. 
CUNAMA OIL, 25. 
Cunasiri. See Humiria. 
CUNURI OIL, 25. 
CuPANA, GUARANA, drink, 267; 
and dysentery, 927. 
Cur. See Dog. 
Cura, the Makusi name for blowgun. 
Curaxkt. See Copaifera. 
CurArE, 121, 122, 716; antidotes for, 930; 
article of trade, 825. 
CURATELLA AMERICANA, for ‘ puddling”’ 
fish, 207 ; leaves as sandpaper, 21. 
for fever 
INDEX AND GLOSSARY 
Currucay. See Copaifera. 
CURTAINS FOR MOSQUITORS, 933. 
CuRUA PALM. See Attalea speciosa. 
CuruRv (7), CURARE, arrow poison, 123. 
CUSTARD APPLE. See Anona. 
Cutia. See Acouri. 
CuTvass, for fish chopping, 190. 
CUTTING FINGERS, string figure, T08—710; 
hair, 516. 
Cuya, calabash drinking cup, 384. 
CYLINDER, wooden, for music, 576; for fish 
fall trap, 194; baskets, ete., 422, 437. 
DABUCURI WHIP, 584, 840. 
DADARALIB, lamina used in cotton-hammock 
making, 466. 
DAGGER TYPE OF CLUB, 154. 
DAKAMBALLI SEEDS, substitute for cassava, 
241. 
DALIBANNA, Geonoma baculifera, thatch, 
299, 321. 
DAMS FOR TRAPPING FISH, 202. 
Dance, drink, debauchery, 583; Hauyari, 
847; Makuari, 842, 843; Bimitti, 587; 
Parishara, 586—590. 
DANCE STICKS, 576. 
DarRKeEt, sandals, 553. 
Darul, Myristica sp. See Nutmeg. 
Daro-an, basket for dart cotton, 
single-leaf ite basket, 453. 
DaRTS FOR BLOWGUN, 120; poison for, 121— 
128; quiver for, 124. 
DasyprocrTa AacucHy. See Adouri. 
DasyPROCTA AGUTI. See Acouri. 
Daural. See Atorai. 
DAYLIGHT, string figure, 686. 
DEATH AND MOURNING, chap. xxxiii. 
DEBAUCHERY, drink, dance, 583. 
DECLARATION OF WAR, 758, 759. 
DecocTions, medicine, 927. 
DECORATION, house, 325; body, chap. xxi. 
DECOYS, WOMBN, in warfare, 764. 
DegrR, hunting, 168; tamed, 716; basketry 
design, 444. 
DEFENCE, of houses, 291; methods adopted 
in war, 765. 
DEFORMATIONS, 501-507. 
DENDROCYGNA VIDUATA. 
DEPILATION, 508. 
DESANNA (ARW, 335), Dmsana (KG, U, 
322), on the River Apoporis. Betoya 
stock. 
DesMoNcts, bush rope, 72; for basketry, 
100, 104; for plaited belt, 544. 
417; 
See Vicissi duck. 
Diau. See Trio. 
DicoryLtes. See Bush hog. 
Diger. See Food. 
DIMORPHANDRA MORA. See Mora. 
Dioscorwa, “ yam,” cultivated, 246. 
DIOSPYROS PARALEA, febrifuge, 927. 
Diseasn, fear of, 918; routine treatment 
of, 919-926; drugs used in, 927—930. 
DISK SHELL ORNAMENT FOR ARM, 74. 
DIsTANcr, how gauged, 941. 
Divine, for fish, 185; ordeal for Carib cap- 
tain, 748, 
