INDEX 



Abortion, absence of, 6. 

 Adoption, 49. 

 Adultery: 



frequency of, 61. 



punishment of, 61. 



isiriono concept of, 64. 

 Adulthood: 



activities of, 84-85. 



ceremonies of, 83-84. 



concept of, 83. 

 Aged, treatment of, 85, 97. 

 Aggression: 



at drinking feasts, 39. 



between cowives, 49-50. 



between husband and wife, 50. 



dissipation of, by hunting, 62. 



expressed in terms of food, 96, 98. 

 Agriculture, native practice of, 28-29. 

 Aguaf fruit: 



collection, 28. 



preparation, 35. 

 Airplanes, native beliefs about, 67. 

 Alligator, hunting of, 26. 



Ambaibo tree (Cecropia sp.) , uses of, 7, 11, 12. 

 Anaconda snake, 7. 



taboo on meat of, 33. 

 Animal husbandry, 29-30. 

 Animals: 



domestic, 29-30. 



hunting of, 23-27. 



in folklore, 46-47. 



knowledge of, 47. 



magical beliefs about, 91. 

 Animal teeth: 



necklaces of, 19. 



tools of, 14. 



used in bloodletting, 69. 

 Anteater, hunting of, 26. 

 Ants, as pests, 7. 

 Anxiety: 



about food, 30, 93-99. 



about sickness, 86. 



definition of, 94. 

 Armadillo, 7. 



beliefs about, 66. 



hunting of, 26-27. 

 Arrows: 



manufacture, 15-17. 



repair, 17. 



size, 16. 

 Art, 44. 

 Ashes : 



use of, in bloodletting ceremony, 84. 



used for purification, 70, 73. 

 Assai palm (Euterpe oleracea), 2, 7, 28. 



Baby slings: 



for carrying children, 43. 



for decoration, 69, 72. 



manufacture of, 12. 

 Bamboo, S. 



drinking vessels of, 37, 38. 



use in arrow making, 15-17. 



use of, as a knife, 14, 68. 

 Band, 50-51: 



as a kin group, 50. 



composition of, 51. 



functions of, 51. 



territories of, 51—52. 

 Barrace, Cvprian, 9. 

 Basketry, 12. 



Bats, as pests, 7. 



vampire, 40. 

 Baur<§ Indians, S. 



Siriono fear of, 63. 

 Baures, village of, 4, 6, 9. 

 Benedict, Ruth, 93. 

 Bennett, Wendell, 4. 

 Bloodletting, 20. 



after childbirth, 69, 72. 



ceremonial. 83-84. 



in curing, 87. 

 Body mutilation, 20, 83-S4. 

 Bows: 



manufacture, 14-15. 



method of drawing, 15. 



size, 15. 

 Bowstring, manufacture and application of, 15. 

 Bridge building, 43. 

 Burden carrying, 27, 43. 

 Bushmaster snake, 7, 32. 



Calabashes : 



disposal of, at death, 87. 



preparation of, 13. 



uses of, 13, 38. 

 Camotes. See Agriculture. 

 Cardus, Jose\ 10. 



Casarabe, 2, 9, 10, 37, 51, 66, 74, 86. 

 Celestial phenomena, native explanations of, 47. 

 Ceramics, 12-13. 

 Ceremonies: 



bloodletting, 20, 83-84. 



childbirth, 67-70. 



funeral, 87-S9. 



magical, 91. 



marriage, 81. 



naming, 74-75. 



puberty, 80-81. 

 Cerro Blanco, 6, 7. 

 Cerro San Sim6n, 7. 

 Chieftainship, 59-60. 

 Childbirth, 67-73. 

 Childhood, 77-80. 

 Child, I., 94. 



Chiquitos region of Bolivia, 6, 7. 

 Chiriguano Indians, 10. 

 Chonta palm, 7. 



fruits of, as food, 28. 



seeds of, as necklaces, 20. 



tools of, 14. 



weapons of, 14-17. 

 Chuchio (Gynerium sagitlatum) , 8. 

 Cleanliness training, 75-76. 

 Clothing, lack of, 19. 

 Clubfootedness : 



frequency of, S. 



treatment of clubfooted children, 76. 



Coati, 7 



hunting of, 26. 

 Collecting, 27-28. 

 Cooperation: 



in housebuilding, 17-18. 



in hunting, 23, 25. 



lack of, 9S. 

 Coquino fruit, 7, 22, 28, S6. 

 Cormorant, 7, 24. 

 Cotton: 



planting of, 29. 



spinning, 11. 



use of string in decoration, 20, 69. 



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