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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAl, ANTHROPOLOGY — PUBLICATION NO. 1 2 



Cast-iron pans 



Candlesticks 



Drinking glasses 



Brooms 



Irons (charcoal burning) "* 



Foodstuffs : 



Beans (bulk) 



Rice 



Sugar 



Salt 



Pepper 



Lard 



Rapadura (bricks of 

 crude brown sugar) 



Coffee 



Codfish 



Maize 



Onions 



Olives 



Baking powder 



Vinegar 



Tomato extract 



When, liowever, the stock in one of these stores 

 is added to that in the others, the combined stocks 

 become much more extensive. Available at this 

 time in at least one of the three stores, in addition 

 to the items listed above, were the following 

 articles : 



Kerosene 



Bluing 



Sewing-machine oil 



Men's work shoes 



Men's socks (cotton) 



Hair ribbons 



Elastic 



Handkerchiefs 



Brooches (plastic) 



Nails 



Facas de iainha (sheath 



knives) 

 Alcoholic drinks : 



Pinga 



Beer 



Wine 



Cognac 



Vermouth 

 Face powder 

 Disinfectant (Creosote) 

 Insecticide (D. D. T.) 



Kitchen utensils : 



Kettles (enamel, alu- 

 minum) 



Pans (enamel, alumi- 

 num) 



Skillets 



Wash basins (tin, alu- 

 minum) 



Ladles (tin, alumi- 

 num) 



Skimmers (tin) 



Graters (tin, alumi- 

 num) 

 Other household equipment 

 and supplies : 



Table knives, forks 



Plates (aluminum, 

 china) 



Cups (aluminum, 

 china) 



Saucers (china) 



Candles 



Lamparinas "' 



Scissors 



Other household equipment 

 and supplies — Con. 

 Chamberpots (enamel) 

 Matches 



Gasoline (occasionally) 

 Soap 

 Sapolio 

 I'oodstuffs : 

 Potatoes 

 Macaroni 

 Maize flour 

 Bread 



Condensed milk 

 Mortadela (large sau- 

 sage) 

 Vegetable oil 

 Garlic 

 Canned fisli : 



Sardines 



Catfish 



Corvlna 



Tainha 



Savclha "' 

 Oat meal 



Foodstuffs — Continued 

 Canned peas 

 Canned pears 

 Canned papaya 

 Canned oranges 

 Cocoanut milk 

 Toddy 

 Cookies 

 Confections : "' 

 Peanut brittle 

 Maria tnole 

 Cocada (black, white) 

 Doce de ahdlora 

 Doce de leite 

 Guava paste 

 Quince paste 

 Banana paste 

 Balas (a hard candy) 

 Clothing and personal ef- 

 fects : 



Women's shoes (one 



pair seen) 

 Alpargataa (rope-soled, 



canvas shoes) 

 Ta-niancos (wooden- 



soled shoes with 



leather or cloth toe) 

 Sandals 

 Slippers 

 Chtiteiras (shoes for 



soccer) 

 Women's stockings 



(cotton) 

 Straw hats (for women 



and children) 

 Men's belts (plastic) 

 Men's suspenders 



(plastic) 

 Women's belts (plas- 

 tic) 

 Cotton cloth 

 Buttons 

 Shoe strings 

 Small chain, with cross 

 Small chain, with figa"^ 

 Clothes hangers 



(wood) 



Price information on most items would be of 

 little value, since turn-over is limited, some articles 

 remaining on hand for months or even years be- 

 fore being sold. The items listed in the table 



Hardware : 



Axes 



Iron rings (for har- 

 ness) 



Locks 



Hope 

 Medical supplies : 



Quinine 



Medicinal alcohol 

 School supplies : 



Pencils 



Pens 



Ink 



Erasers 



Rulers 



Notebooks 



Satchels (imitation 

 leather) 

 Toilet articles : 



Perfume 



Toilet soap 



Combs 



Looking glasses 



Hair oil 



Tooth brushes 



Tooth paste 



Rouge 

 Miscellaneous : 



Chewing tobacco 



Cigarettes 



Fireworks 



Chupetas ("pacifiers") 



Fishhooks 



Fishlines 



Strings for violOo, vi- 

 ola, cavaquinho "' 



Folding rulers j 



Insecticide (potassium 

 cyanide) 



Chewing gum (Chic- 

 lets) 



Bird seed 



Bibelots (clay statu- 

 ettes) 



Dyes 



"* See figure 6. 



"= Small lamps, made of tin or glass. 



"'The corvina (Sclaenidae), the tainha (Miigil pjatanua). 

 and the savclha {Brevoortia tyrannus) are all sea flsh, native 

 to the Brazilian coast. 



^'' Maria mole is made of egg whites, sugar, and milk. Cocada 

 and doce <le leite are described elsewhere (see Food and Food 

 Habits, p. .37). 



'" An image, often made from wood, of a flst with the thumb 

 inserted between the index and middle fingers, and worn as a 

 means of protection from the "evil eye." 



"» A small viola. 



