734 
LEVEL, for hammock making, 466. 
Lice, 934. 
LIME, cultivated, 246. 
LIP DEFORMATION, 503. 
LISANTHUS ALALUS, emetic, 920. 
LISANTHUS PURPURESCENS, febrifuge, 927. 
LizArpD, as food, 216. 
LuautTo, cotton leg-bands of Carib Island 
women, 552. 
LuLopa. See Yupa. 
LocaLiry, sense of, 784. 
LOCKED PATTERN OF WEAVING, 114. 
Locust TREp. See Hymenwa courbaril. 
LoGs, hauling over, 800. 
LOIN cLoTH. See Apron. 
LOKONO. See Arawak. 
Loms. See Hymenea. 
LoncnocarPpus spp. See Haiari. L. rv- 
fescens, sap drunk when water is scarce, 
254. 
LOOKING-GLASS, string figure, 662. 
Loom, for band making, 55; for hammocks, 
465. 
Loop PLAITING, with four loops, 45; with 
five, 46. 
Loop work (cotton), on a frame, 56. 
LOVE OF CHILDREN, 911. 
Low-Low. See Laulao. 
LUKU-LUKU, snake fish, 
inder fall trap, 194. 
LUKUNANIJIO, yellow pigment, 31. 
LUKUNANNI, Cichla ocellaris, artificial fly 
for, 192. 
LULLABY SONGS, 910. 
LUSTRE AND GLAZE, for pottery, 93. 
LYCALOPEX. 
caught with cyl- 
See Canis azare. 
MAAM, scrub turkey, Tinamus sp., tamea, 
724. 
MABA-BUNAKARA. See Coussapoa. 
MasBusu, knapsack, 450. 
Mapy, drink, 263. 
MACARANA PARROT, tamed, 716. 
Macaw, tamed, 724; feathers for arrows, 
132; for feather crowns, ete., 519-527. 
MAcQuARIB, Macuari.” See Makuari. 
Macusi. See Makusi. 
MaGnNioca. See Cassava. 
MaGoary. See Makuari. 
Mano. See Hibiscus. 
MAICHOPpPA, legend of, 601. 
MAIKANG, the Makusi term for an indige- 
nous dog, 717. 
MAIONGKONG, MAYANGONG 
MAINGCONG (Cr, 879), MAYONGGONG 
(KGG, 459). MASCHONGKONG (EU). 
So named by the Makusi and Tauli- 
pang, but they call themselves Yekuana 
(KGG, 459). With the Mauitzi, be- 
lieved to be sister tribes, they inhabited 
the Merewari and Paraba (SecF, 215). 
I am told that a few are yet to be 
found on the upper Mazaruni. Carib 
stock. Same as Maquiritare (ScO, 467). 
MAtlos. See Mute dogs. 
MAIPURF, MAYPURE (? Maypoye, G, I, 161), 
on the Ventuari and Orinoco. Arawak 
stock, 
(CC, 49, 50), 
INDEX AND GLOSSARY 
Marpouri. See Tapir. 
MAIZp, cultivated, 244; for cigar wrappers, 
283; drink, 264. 
MasaGua, bark for making trumpets, 55k. 
MAK. See Makusi. 
MAKARATALLI, bark for wood-skins, 798. 
MAKU, Melicocea bijuga, eaten, 247. 
Maku, Macv, Maco, ere. On the Guarico, 
a branch of the Meta River; to the east- 
ward of the Awarihuta River, a branch 
of the upper Parima (ScF, 231); on an 
affluent of the Ventuari (Cr, 539); on 
the upper Rio Negro, ete. (KG, 11, 322). 
The Maku on the upper Japura (Yapura) 
are called Ouitoto or Uitoto (Cou, 1, 
161). 
MAKUARI DANCER, 842-846. 
MAKUSI, MAcUSI, MacousH1 (W, 96-100), 
MAKUSHI, etc. On the savannas between 
the Rupununi and Parima and along the 
Pakaraima and Kanuku Mountains (SR, 
i, 811). Carib stock. 
MALocca, MALoka, ete., 
house, 309, 310. 
MALPIGHIA, 247. 
MAMEE APPLE, Mammea americana, 247. 
MAMoURI. See Carludovica. 
MAN IN HAMMOCK, string figure, 678, 679. 
MANARI, Cassava sifter, 356. 
MANARWA, MAHANARVA, a Carib chieftain’s 
common name or title, 740. 
MANATI, hunted with harpoon, fish arrow, 
or net, 169; by weirs and fences,. 203 ; 
hide for shields, 116. 
MANCELININR, arrow poison, 128. 
MANCENILLE. See Mancelinier. 
MANDIOcCA. See Cassava. 
Manpurucu. See Mundurucu. 
MANGANESE OXIDE, for glazing pottery, 93. 
MANGROVE, RED, for hammock staining, 478. 
MANICARIA SACCIFERA. See Truli. 
MANICOL, Euterpe sp., leaf baskets, 454; 
drink, 270; in times of scarcity of water, 
254; as cigarette wrapper, 283; as 
thatch, 321, 328. Trunk may be split 
for flooring. 
MAninor. See Cassava. 
MANIL. See Moronobea. 
MANIOC DE PESCADO, 163. 
MANKARATICE, yellow vegetable 
for staining hammock, 478. 
MANNI. See Moronobea. 
MANSERIMANNI. See Kaiappa. 
MANTLE; 538. 
MAOPITYAN, MAOPIDYAN, or Frog people, as 
they are called by the Wapishana, but 
Mawakwa as they name _ themselves. 
common  living- 
dye, 31; 
Also said to call themselves Waikassi, 
and to speak almost a pure Atorad 
(JO). If this is the case, they would 
Arawak linguistic stock, 
are accepted as 
belong to the 
because otherwise they 
Carib. 
MAPARAKUNI ERYTHROXYLUM, red pigment, 
28. 
