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Fitz-Roy, a, 138-139; Coliiii, 239; Dabbonc, h, 176; Myres, 97, ill.; 

 Outes, d, 138; Hyades, q, 298-300, 348-349; Lovisato, l, 139-140; 

 Spegazzini, a, 5, 7, 14; for the Onas: Colini, 239; Dahbene, h, 224; 

 Outes, d, 134; Cojazzi. 42, and ill. opp. p. 40; C. Gallardo, 158-162). 



According to Dr. Dabbene (b, 224), the shell and bone ornaments 

 used by the southern Onas are ordinarily acquired from the Yahgans 

 (cf. also Spegazzini, a, 17). A sinew fillet is worn by the Ona women 

 sometimes (C. Gallardo, 159); the Yahgan men more commonly use 

 their slings as fillets (Dabbene, h, 176). Fillets of plaited grass (King, 

 343-344) are reported from the Patagonian channels. 



The shells commonly used by the Yahgans and Alacaluf are those 

 of the moUusk Photinula violacea (Hyades, q, 348; Skottsberg, d, 

 603). Bone or shell pendants are sometimes attached to the Fuegian 

 necklaces (Lovisato, h; 140; Cojazzi, 42; Skottsberg, d, 603). The 

 Onan necklaces and bracelets are at times made of reeds (C Gal- 

 lardo, 160; G. Forster, ii, 510). 



The feather diadem is common to all the Fuegians and is reported 

 from the earliest times (Goicueta, 505). The Yahgan skin fillet is 

 sometimes ornamented with down (Fitz-Roy, a, 139; Hyades, q, 299). 

 Labat (.Marcel, a, 496; c, 110-111) found a youth with two bird wings 

 on his head (cf. also Garcia, a, 28), and a medicine-man seen by 

 Bougainville (2d ed.. i, 299; quoted also in Vargas Ponce, a, 352) was 

 similarly decorated. The Onas use an armlet of feathers during their 

 footraces (C. GaQardo, 162; Cojazzi, 64). 



There are no finger, ear, or nose ornaments in use among either the 

 Fuegians or Chonos, nor are flowers ever used for decorative purposes. 



RECREATIVE CULTURE 



Sources 



(a) Yahgans.— Th. Bridges, a, Fr. tr., 179; /■,* 240; Dabbene, h, 196-197; Fitz-Roy, 

 a, 186; Hyades,* g', 373-374. 



(6) Onas.— Beauvoir,* b, 204; (Jojazzi,* 64-65; Dabbene, a, 72; b, 262-263; Fur- 

 long, i*i\l. of wrestling; C. Gallardo,* 344^-350; Segers, 76-77. 



Dancing, singing, etc., have been treated under Esthetic Culture. 



Data on atldotic contests are available for the Yahgans and Onas 

 only. Both indulge in the pastime of wrestling, either singly or in 

 groups, and both have a simple game of ball in which the men stand 

 in a circle and merely thi-ow the ball from one to the other. Foot 

 races are common among the Onas, but no races of any kind are in 

 vogue among the Yahgans (Th. Bridges, a, Fr. tr.. 179). 



Tlie Yahgans practice at exercises with the spear, bow and arrow, 

 and sling, and with stones (Th. Bridges, k, 240), while the Onas con- 

 fine themselves to archery (C. Gallardo, 344). Small bows and 

 arrows are given to the Ona boys to play and practice with (C. Gal- 

 lardo, 350; cf. also Lovisato, c, 721; specimen [perhaps Alacalufan or 

 Yahgan] in Nat. Museum, Washington). 



