INDEX 
Tissa, Arawak name for nock of arrow, 
133. 
TrTIMI, a strong bark used for straps, etc., 
411. 
TIVERIGHOTTO, on the 
257). Carib stock. 
Toap. See Frog. 
ToBacco, cultivated, 246; preparation, 282 ; 
for visitors, 810, 811; smoking, 283; 
chewing, 284; licking, 285; as emetic, 
920. 
TopoLEeso, Ara. spiral weft, 412. 
ToKOWARI, Carib name for clay goblet, 389. 
ToLtpa (Spanish), the vaulted awning of 
the larger traveling boats. 
Rio Branco (BRI, 
TOLETE, hook used in catching alligator, 
217. . 
ToMAI-EN, Carib name for the ordinary 
clay buck-pot, 389. 
To-mo, “baboon” throat leaf basket, 453. 
TONGUE, pierced in mourning, 853; for 
blood as therapeutic agent, 924. 
Ton-KI, Makusi name for cassava squeezer, 
345. 
TOOLS, PRIMITIVE, chap. i. 
TootH, deformation, 502; necklace, 531-— 
533; scraper, 18; knife, etc., 15, 510, 
733, 736, 748. 
Tops, 615. 
Torcu, 5; for fishing, 189. 
TORTOISE. See Turtle. 
Tororo-(U)KuRU, Ara. 
Toucan, Rhamphastos sp., 
stunned, 122; robbed of its feathers, 
183; tamed, 724; feathers for tippet, 
538; beaks for bells, 575. 
TouLf DANCE, 840, 865. 
Toys, 609-621. 
TO-YURANNI, wooden float for arrow, 
TRACKING ANIMALS, 784. 
TRADE AND BARTER, chap. xxii. 
TRAINING OF DOGS, 719. 
TRAP, SNARE, ETC., for alligator, 217; bush- 
hog, 167; bird, 177-179; rat, 172; arma- 
dillo, labba, acouri, ete., 161; fish, 194— 
206; represented in string figures, 655, 
656, 673-675. 
TRAVEL, chaps. xxix, xxx. 
TRAY, rectangular, 403-407; circular, 408— 
411; classification, 402; natural forms, 
453-457. 
TREACHERY, in warfare, 763. 
TREE, climbing, 790; obstructing roadway, 
789; indicative of cardinal points, 783; 
string figures, 670, 683-685. 
TRIANGLE SPRING HOOK, 196. 
TRIANGULAR SHELTER, 294. 
TRICKS WITH STRING, chap. xxiv. 
Trio, Drio, DiaAu (JO), call themselves 
Trio, Tlio, and also Kiliu; more prob- 
ably the last term is a species of toucan 
(GO, 27). They occupy the upper third 
of the Tapanohoni, a branch of the 
Maroni, and the sources of the Parou. 
In 1843 Schomburgk found a Trio village 
eotton anklet, 552. 
ealled, 159; 
140. 
AND GLOSSARY 
743 
established near the sources of the Co- 
rentyn, but travelers passing that way 
since then have not come across them 
(Cr, 274). 
Trootip. See Truli. 
TROPHIDS OF WAR, 764. 
TROUGH, DRINKING, 377, 384, 848. 
TROUPIAL, tamed, 724. 
TRULI, Manicaria saccifera, fruit eaten, 
247; a source of water supply, 254; for 
fire stick, 1; spathe for hat, 518; leaves 
for thatch, 319. 
TRUMPET, 556-559, 
TRUMPETWOOD, See Cecropia. 
TRUMPETER. See Warracabba. 
TRUST AND CREDIT, 820. 
TRYSIL, See Pentaclethra. 
TSARARAK, Wap. harpoon arrow, 143. 
TSUBIRAWA, “baboon ”’ throat leaf baskets, 
453—457T. 
TUB BASKET, 438. 
851. 
Tube. See Trumpet. 
TucHAo. See Tamuchi. 
TuccuM, Astrocaryum sp., hammock, 461; 
bow string, 127. 
TUKANO, on the upper Rio Negro (KG, It, 
322). Betoya stock, 
Tukul, Makusi name for humming bird, 
587. 
TUKUPI SAUCE, 248. 
TukuTcHi (Wap. claw), 
139. 
TUNEBO, in the cordilleras adjacent to the 
Betoi (BRI, 273); about 100 of them 
are left now (KGG, 470). Betoya stock. 
TURALLA, Carib charm or talisman, 822. 
TuraRA. See Mimusops. 
Tur#, reed instrument, 570. 
TURKEY, ScruB. See Maam. 
TURTLE, methods of hunting, 203, 215: 
kept alive, 725; cooked and preserved, 
163; its size a weather prognostication, 
938; its shell a friction musical instru- 
ment, 582; basketry design, 445. 
TURTLE AND TIGER STORY, 599. 
TURTLE-EGG OIL, 26; for body anointing, 
511. 
Turvu, Oenocarpus sp., fruit, 247; drink, 
270; oil, 25; spinous processes for darts, 
120; leaves for baskets, 456, and for 
thatch, 321, 324. 
TURURI BARK, for bowstring, 127; ‘ shirts,” 
539; laps, 547. 
TusHavA, See Tamuchi. 
TuyuKA, on the upper Rio Negro (KG, I, 
322). Betoya stock. 
TWILLED BASKETRY PATTERNS, 108, 433. 
TWIN DESTROYED, 729. 
TWINE, CORDS, BANDS, cotton, 
other than cotton, chap. iv. 
TWINED BASKETRY PATTERN, 112. 
TWO-PLY COTTON TWINB, 35. 
Uacarra, on the Rio Apaporis, 885. 
wak stock. 
Uacu, seeds constitute a source of oil, 25. 
fish arrow, 132, 
chap. It; 
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