730 INDEX 
FEMALES AND DANCING, 595. 
FPNCES AND WEIRS, for trapping fish, 203. 
FERMENTED DRINKS, 256—268. 
FestivaL, harvest, 580; burial, 839, 840. 
Fever, treatment of, 927. 
Ficus VENENATA. See Pougouly. 
Fippup, 572. 
FIELD worK, as regards sex, 899; also see 
Agriculture. 
Fire-pirp, See Umbrella bird. 
FIGHTING AND HUNTING WEAPONS, chap. x. 
Figures, made of leaf strand, 621; of 
string, chap. xxiv; of pottery, 96-98 ; 
patterns on basketry, 444. 
FILLET, head decoration, 530; for feather 
crown, 523. 
Frinerr, ring, 542; catcher, 617; “ cutting” 
with string, 708-710. 
Fire, rubbing and twirling, 1; ‘‘ flint” 
and steel, 2; transport, 3; aid to timber 
work, 4; illuminant, 5; at burial cere- 
monies, 834, 835, 849, 859; in the cap- 
tainey ordeal, 746, 747. 
Firp arrow, in warfare, 764; hearth, 364. 
Firpwoop, a marriage token, 887; sign of 
respect for the dying man, 865. 
FIRING OF POTTERY, 92. 
FIRST-RORN CHILDREN, destroyed, 731. 
Fisu, capture of, 185-209, 272, 273; fishing 
lines, 65-69; fish hammock or basket, 
195; nets, 201; string figures, 661, 671, 
693, 699-701, 705, 673, 674. 
Fisu cow. See Manati. 
FIsH FLouR, 163; roe, 163. 
FisH-Toorn KNIFE, 15; for hair cutting, 
818; beads, 73. 
Firs, treatment of, 928. 
FLAGELLATION. See Whipping. 
FLAGEOLET, 563-565. 
FLAKinG, for grater stone chips, 339. 
FLEA, leaf figure, 621; string figure, 639. 
“PLINT” AND STEEL. See Fire. 
Fioar, for fishing line, 191; for arrow, 140. 
FLOUR, STARCH, 232-234. 
Fuute, 560-562. 
Fy, string figure, 691, 692. 
FLy-Bal?, artificial, 192. 
Foop, search, preparation, and captare of 
animal, chap. xi; of plant food, chap. 
xii; etiquette of eating and drinking, 
chap. xv; adjuncts, chap. xiii; restric- 
tions in general, 276; in mourning, 831; 
in disease and accident, 919, 929; prepa- 
ration, ete., of food with regard to the 
sexes, 898; for visitors, 810, 811; 
marriage token, 887. 
Foorprints, string figure, 696, 697. 
Foor RACING, sports, 591; ordeal for Carib 
eaptain, 748. 
FoREHEAD BAND, 530. 
ForKED sticks, string figure, 653. 
ForMIA CLAVATA, as counterirritant, 926. 
PouR-EYP FISH, type of basket, 414, 425. 
Fowh, domestic, 724; fowl anus, string 
figure, 707. 
FREAK BASKbPTS, 447. 
FriaGem (Portuguese), cold wind and rain. 
AND GLOSSARY 
FRICTION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, 582. 
FRIENDSHIP AND WELCOME, 807, 808. 
FroG, TOAD, food, 218; sign of rain, 938; 
kept for purposes of augury, 725; 
whistles, 568; basketry patterns, 444; 
string figure, 645. 
FRUIT, WILD, eaten, 247. 
FRUIT-GRAIN STARCH-FLOUR, 232. 
FURNITURE OF HOUSE, 326. 
GALIBI, the principal and most numerous 
nation in the neighborhood of Cayenne, 
whose real country stretches from Cay- 
enne to the Orinoco (PBA, 236). See 
Carib. 
Game. See Animal food. 
GAMES, SPORTS, AND AMUSEMENTS, chaps. 
xxiii, xxiv. 
Gapo, 204. See Igarape. 
GENIPA AMERICANA, cultivated, 246; red 
pigment, 28; for hammock staining, 478 ; 
body painting, 512, 855; seeds for bait, 
188; for tattoo, 510. 
GEONOMA BACULIFERA. See Dalibanna. 
Guost, stfing figure, 663. 
Girts. See Presents. 
7IRDLE. See Belt. 
GIRL CHILDREN DESTROYED, 720. 
GLASS BEAD, 76; said to grow on bushes, 
822. 
GuazeE, for pottery, 93. 
GLUTTON, tamed, 723. 
GOBLET, GOGLET, 390. 
Gop, 85; necklace, 536. 
FONAMI. See Clibadium. 
GossipiuM. See Cotton. 
GOUPIA GLABRA. See Kabukalll. 
GourD. See Calabash. 
GRASS, basketry pattern, 444. 
GRASSHOPPER, eaten, 223; baited with fish 
poison, 211. 
Grater, for cassava, 334-343. 
GRAVATANA. See Blowgun. 
GRAVE, 832, 851. 
GREENHEART, Nectandra rodioei, 
substitute for cassava, 240; 
fever and dysentery, 927. 
GREENSTONES, for necklaces, 536; beads, 76. 
GripPLE, 99, 362. 
tRu-GRU. See Calandra. 
GUACHARO, SALIES, a bird hunted for its 
fat, 27, 184. 
Guapua, See Nastus. 
GuacE, See Quaqua. 
GuAHARIBO, on the upper Caura (BRI, 
257). Crévaux maps them on the sources 
of the Orinoco (Cr, 379). Known also 
as Schiriana and Schirischana; they 
roam southward, across the divide, to 
the Parima ranges (KGG, 454). Carib 
stock. 
Guaureo, Guasiva, GuAYBA, GuAYvA (G, 
1, 250), ete. Oceupy the Vichada and 
Meta Rivers (Cr, 547). They, and 
“the Chiricoa who are related to ther. 
wander between the Meta and Ariari 
Rivers (G. I, 252). 
seeds a 
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