INDEX AND GLOSSARY 
Siusrt, on the Aiary River (KG, 1, 322). 
Arawak stock. 
SKBELARIBNI, long, flat spool, 471. 
SKELETON, disposal, etc., of, 832, 838, 849, 
852; string figure, 663. 
SKIN DRUM, 577-579. 
Skirts, 551. 
SKLIRIBI, Wap. arrow tightener, 130. 
SKOTELIBI, permanent separator for ham- 
mock making, 468. 
SKULLS, manufactured into whistles, 569. 
SLAVE, SLAVERY, 774-776, 860. 
SLINGING HAMMOCKS, 481, 482. 
SLINGS, BABY, chap. xXx. 
SLIPKNOT, NOOSE, for birds in general, 177, 
179; for quail, 181; for iguana, 217; 
for alligator, 217; for snake, 219. 
SLoru, 173. 
SmiLax, seed for bait, 188. 
Smoke, a protection against mosquitoes, 
933. 
SMOOTHER, CASSAVA, 365. 
SNAIL, as a “ pick-me-up,” 281. 
SNAIL-SHELL BBADS, 74. 
SNAKE, 219; string figure, 644; basketry 
design, 445; finger-catcher toy, 617. 
SNAKE BITE, treatment of, 929. 
SNAKD FISH. See Luku-luku. 
SNAKE “ HAIR,” a poison, 734. 
SNAKEWOOD. Sce Brosimum. 
Snarp. See Trap. 
SNEEZING, 918. 
SNuFF, 286. 
SoclaAL AND FAMILY NOMBNCLATURE, 
880. 
Sone, words of, 596, 597; lullaby, 910. 
Soor. for tattoo, 510. 
SoUND AND MUSIC INSTRUMENTS, chap. xxii. 
Sounp, fish attracted by, 187. 
SOUNDING Box, attached to whistle, 567. 
Soursop. See Anona. 
Spang, for digging, 228. 
SPATULATH TYPH OF CLUB, 151. 
Spear, 147; harpoon, 148; rattle, 573. 
SPEAR THROWER. See Estolica. 
SPEECH, welcome, 813; may be specially 
intoned, 916. 
SpipER, string figure, 702. 
SPINDLE, 34. 
SPIRAL PATTERN, feather fixation on arrow, 
132. 
SPIRITS OF THE DEAD, 840. 
SPITTING, on corpse, 864; 
offensive, 935. 
SpPoILs OF WAR, 766. 
SPONDIAS LUTEA. See Hog plum. 
Spoor, knobbed, 466; flattened, 471. 
Spoon, stirring paddle, 378. 
SPORTS, AMUSPMENTS, GAMES, chaps. xxiii, 
xxiv. 
SPRING BASKET, for fish, 200, 205. 
SPRING HOOK, 195-199. 
Sprine TRAP. See Trap. 
SQUEEZER, CASSAVA, 345-355. 
STacCHYTARPHDTA, for diarrhea, 927. 
877— 
at anything 
741 
SracinG, from which to watch acouri, 164; 
fish, 190. 
Sramp, porrpry, 99. 
SraNnp, for pot, 392. 
Svar, string figures, 649, 650. 
Spars, defining the seasons, 937. 
STARCH, FLOUR, 232-234. 
STEALING FISH FROM OTTHR, 185. 
STEATORNIS. See Guacharo. 
STENTOR URSINUS, hair for girdle, 544. 
Srieks, for cord making, 538, 54; for count- 
ing, 939. 
Stitts, 618. 
STIMULANTS AND NARCOTICS, chap. xvi. 
STING-RAY, string figure, 701; leaf plate, 
453 ; barb for arrow heads, 128; wounds, 
929; pattern of fan, 367, 372-374. 
STIRRING PADDLE, SPOON, 378. 
STONE ADzE, 12; baking oven, 361; bead, 
76; grater, 334, 385; knife, 13; scraper, 
16; celt, 6-9, 11; pestle and mortar, 382; 
chest ornament, 537; spear head, 147; 
arrow head, 128. 
SvToNes, for counting, 939. 
Stoot. See Bench. 
STORY TELLING, 598-601. 
STRAND PLAITING, 42; with overcasting, 43. 
STRANGER’S HOUSE, 804. 
STRAPS FOR KNAPSACK, 61, 62. 
STRING, bina, 63; figures and tricks with, 
chap. xxiv; for bow, 127. See Twine. 
STRING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, 571, 572. 
STRINGS FOR COUNTING WITH, 939. 
STROMANTHE SANGUINBA, for pegalls, 100. 
STRYCHNOS sp., for arrow poison, 121; S. 
pseudo-quina, febrifuge, 927. 
SuBIBIzu, moldy maize-bread loaves, for the 
manufacture of drink, 264. 
SucKLING, to advanced age, 
mals, 716. 
Suction, in disease, 925. 
Supis eicas. See Warapaima. 
SuGAR CANE, cultivated, 246; drink, 267; 
mill, 383; poison antidote, 930; in 
snake bite, 929. 
SUICIDE, 732. 
Sumara, Wapishana name for a bow, 125. 
SumArrpa, Makusi name for falea, 792. 
Su-MBA MAT, 396; knapsack cover, 452. 
SuN, string figure, 659. 
SUNBIRD, tamed, 724. 
SUNFISH, string figure, 700. 
Sura, high (one-story) house of Cayenne, 
312. 
SuRIANA, knapsack, 450. 
Swamp, string figure, 660; traveling over, 
788. 
SWEETHEART, game to find, 621. 
SwIMMING, indispensable for 
tain, 748. 
SyMPHONIA. See Moronobea. 
SYMBOLS OF AUTHORITY, 751. 
TABAI, arrowhead, 128; wooden bench, 328. 
TABARA-HUIH, drink, 271. : 
TABPBUIA LONGIPES, white cedar, gum, 23. 
TABLE, 332. 
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