INDEX AND GLOSSARY 
OyYAMPI, OYANPI (PBA), OYAMBI, etc., on 
the upper Yary and upper Oyapock 
Rivers. Calayoua are only Oyampi who 
have had some relations with the Bra- 
zilians (Cr, 229). Carib stock. 
Oxana, AJANA, OUYANA, UAJANA (GO, 27), 
Upurui (GOR, 33), Oepoeroei (GOR, 
113) of Surinam and Cayenne. Oyana 
in Cayenne are known as Roucouyenne 
[Orokoyana, etc.], owing to [the use of 
ruku] their characteristic red paint (Cr, 
234). The Trio of Surinam call them 
Ojana or Alukujana (GO, 27). They are 
said to have given rise to the name 
Guiana. Carib stock. 
OYAWAKASHI, barbed composite arrow, 139. 
Pacu, 250; caught in dams, 202; with bow 
and arrow, 190; with poison, 210; 
ground bait for, 188. 
PADDLE, POLE, 799. 
PADDLE-TYPE CLUBS, 152. 
PADDLE woop. See Aspidospermum. 
Paint. See Pigment. 
PAINTBRUSH, 512. 
PAINTED ROCKS, 782. 
PAINTING, body, 512, 513; corpse, 831, 833, 
855, 860, 864; pottery, 94; visitors, 809. 
PAIWA, PAIWARRI, drink, 257. 
PAKARUMA BASKET, 417, 453. 
Pata, lanceolate composite-head 
137. 
PALENQUE (G, I, 158), on left bank of the 
Orinoco, between the Caura and Ature 
Rivers. Carib stock. 
PavLicour, PoLicour, at source of Cachipour 
River (PBA, 11), Cayenne. Carib stock. 
PALINO DRINK, 261. 
PaLisaApDE, 297, 
PatmM, edible, 247; string figures, 646-648, 
690, 694. 
PaLMA CHRISTI, oil of. See Copaifera. 
PaLo pE AckEITE, See Copaifera. 
PAmiIcaRI, basketry “ hat,” 518. 
PANACHIKA, Mak. barbed composite arrow, 
139. 
PANELA, nonrefined sugar made up into 
cakes in the shape of a brick, 264. 
PANPIPES, 566. 
Pao, between Apure and Cinaruco Rivers 
(G, 1, 158). 
PAPAW CULTIVATED, 246. 
PARADISE NuT. See Lecythis. 
PARAKARI DRINK, 261. 
PARAMONA. See Patamona. 
Parapi, Carib dish, 389. 
Parav, Makusi name for arrow, 128. 
PaRAVILHANA, of the Rio Branco, only a 
few remaining in Schomburgk’s day (SR, 
I, 315). The Paravilhana and several 
sister tribes of the Wapishana have 
wandered, the former to the Amazons, the 
latter farther east (SeH, 187). Carib 
stock. 
PARENTS, respect for, 911. 
Parica, See Piptadenia, : 
arrow, 
737 
PARIKUTA, ParIcouTEe (Cr), on the upper 
watershed of the Mapura, a branch of 
the Trombetas (JO). 
PARIO SEEDS, substitute for cassava, 242. 
ParipPi, peach palm, Guilielma, 116, 117; 
drink, 271. 
PARISHARA DANCES, 586-590. 
Parrot, tamed, 724, 716; string figure, 703. 
PASSALUS, edible beetle, 224. 
Passh, male tattooed, 509. 
Pat. See Patamona. 
PATAMONA, PATOMANA (FEL), PArRAMONA, 
PARTAMONA, a branch of the Akawai. 
Dance mentioned them as among the 
tribes met with from the Cumapuru 
Rapids to beyond the Great Falls of the 
Demerara (Da, 216). At the present 
time they run between the upper Potaro 
and the upper Ireng. Carib stock. 
PaTaova, tripod for slinging hammock, 482. 
PATAUA OIL, 25. 
PATHWAY, obstructed, 291. 
PATOIS FISH, string figure, 705. 
PATTERNS, designs, etc., basketry, 444; 
weaving, 105-114; pottery, 94. See also 
on flutes and musical instruments. 
PAUIXIANA, using ruffs, tippets, 538; em- 
ploy weak curare to stupefy the toucan 
and rob him of his feathers, 122. 
PAULLINIA, 247; for tying rafts, 802; for 
fish poison, 208. 
P. SORBILIS. See Cupana. 
Pauwal, knapsack, 450; leaf basket, 453. 
PAXIUBA PALM. See Iriartea. 
PayarA. See Morocot. 
Paye. See Piai. 
PEACE, ratification of, 777. 
PPACH PALM. See Paripi. 
PEAR, avocado, 246. 
Peccary, kairuni, abuya. 
PEHGALL, Creole term for a 
430, 433, 441-446. 
PEGE Bury. See Manati. 
Peiro, male unit, warrior, ete., 740. 
See Bush-hog. 
cover basket, 
PEKEA. See Sawari. 
Petuca. See Peruke. 
PENELOPE. See Marudi. 
PENTACLETHRA, timber for fire stick, 1. 
PENTAGONAL MESH, weaving, 110. 
PEPPER, drinking at captaincy ordeal, 745. 
See Capsicum. 
PEPPER Pot, 163. 
PERAMAN. See Moronobea. 
PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, 
581. 
PERFORATION, tongue, 853, 924; lips, 503; 
cheeks, 504; nasal septum, 505; prepuce, 
507. 
PERIWINKLE, basketry design, 445; eaten, 
221. 
PeRIzoMA, loin cloth, 548. 
PERRO, adapted from Spanish for dog, 717. 
PERSPA GRATISSIMA. See Avocado pear. 
PERSONAL NAMES, 881. 
PERUKE FEATHER CROWN, 518, 
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