ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATES 

 (All plates at end of book, following p. 136) 



1. General scenes in northern Mato Grosso. 



2. Houses and house construction. 



3. Manioc cultivation and preparation among the 



Camayura. 



4. Camayura women preparing manioc and fibers. 



5. Nambicuara economic activities. 



6. Nambicuara scenes. 



7. Camayura scenes. 



8. Nambicuara physical types. 



9. Physical types of Umotina men. 

 10. Physical types of Umotina women. 



MAPS 



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1. Northern Mato Grosso, Brazil, showing the loca- 



tion of tribes among whom field work was done. vin 



2. Upper Xingii Basin, showing the approximate 



location of tribal villages in 1948 5 



3. Schematic map of approximate tribal locations in 



relation to topography and drainage systems 



in northern Mato Grosso 129 



KINSHIP CHARTS 



1. Camayura, Tupf-speaking 112 



2. Auetf, Tupi-speaking 113 



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3. Bacairi, Carib-speaking 114 



4. Calapalo, Carib-speaking 115 



5. Cuicuru, Carib-speaking 115 



6. Waura, Arawak-speaking 116 



7. Iwalapetf, Arawak-speaking 117 



8. Paressf, Arawak-speaking 118 



9. Trumai, unrelated 119 



10. Guat6, unrelated 120 



11. Bororo, unrelated 121 



12. Umotina, related to Bororo 122 



13. Nambicuara, unrelated (?) 123 



14. Iranxe, possibly Arawak-speaking 123 



FIGURES 



1. Temperature readings taken at Jacarei Camp, 



Upper Xingii 3 



2. An insect, which fives in dead buriti trees, repre- 



sented by cross in headdress, as drawn by the 

 Camayura 55 



PHONETIC NOTE • 



' = glottal stop, as in mama' 6. 

 c= nasalized vowel, as in tamu\. 

 I = unrounded back i, as in ihlt. 

 E= short e, as in yaiS. 



