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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY — PUBLICATION NO. 15 



Ownership : 



house group, Camayura, 41 

 individual: 



Camayura, 40-41 



Nambicuara, 99 

 tribal : 



Camayura, 41 



Nambicuara, 99 



Painting: 



against authority, Camayura, 48 

 corpse : 



Camayura, 67 

 Umotina, 110 

 general use, Nambicuara, 9G 

 place of, Camayura, 13 

 war, Umotina, 107 

 See also Ornaments. 

 Physical anthropology: 

 blood group, 130 

 location of tribes, 128-129 



map, 129 

 measurement techniques, 131-132 

 mixture : 



intertribal: 



Bororo, 130 

 Nambicuara, 130 

 Upper Xingu, 130 

 with whites, 129-130 

 physical description, 131-131 

 racial groupings: 

 Bororo, 135 

 Nambicuara, 134 

 Upper Xingu, 134 

 Piercing: 

 ears : 



babies : 



Bacairi, 74 

 Umotina, 110 

 boys: 



Bacairi, 74 

 Camayura, 64 

 lips: 



lower, Umotina, 110 

 upper, Nambicuara, 103 

 nose, septum of, Bacairi, 71 

 Nambicuara, 103 

 Pottery : 



Bacairi, 72 

 Camayura, 7, 36 

 Umotina, 107 

 Uluri-shaped, 7 

 Puberty: 



change of authority 



Camayura, 47 

 naming: 



boys, 61 

 girls, 62 

 scarification : 

 Bacairi, 71 

 Camayura, 66 

 seclusion : 



Bacairi, 74 

 Camayura, 65 

 Nambicuara, 103 



Umotina, absence of, 110 

 Punishment: 



enforcement of, Camayura, 52 

 by exile: 



Bacairi, 73 

 Nambicuara, 99 

 of children, Camayura, 17 

 by seclusion, 48, 65 

 by scarification, 48 



Punishment — Continued 

 of crimes: 



adultery, Camayura, 47 



breaking taboos, Camayura, 51, 54-55 



causing death by witchcraft, Camayura, 52 



disturbing peace, Camayura, 51 



immortality, Camayura, 47-50 



murder, Bacairi, 73 



unwanted individuals, Nambicuara, 99 



Religion: 



Christain influence, Nambicuara, 87, 98 

 Dances: 



Bacairi, 76 



Camayura, 56-57 

 (lutes: 



Bacairi, 70 



Camayura, 54, 57 



Nambicuara, 101 

 ghosts : 



Bacairi, 74-75 



Camayura, 54, 60, 68 



Nambicuara, 99, 101-102, 104 



Umotina, 109-111 

 masks: 



Camavura, 54-55, 57 



Umotina, 109 

 myths: 



Bacairi, 77-81 



Camavura, 19, 30, 38, 42, 49-50, 52-53, 59 



Nambicuara, 96, 99-100, 102 



Umotina, 108-109 

 shamanism : 



Bacairi, 75—76 



Camavura, 59-61 



Nambicuara, 100-102 

 spirits: 



Bacairi, 75 



Camayura, 7, 12, 15, 20, 23-24, 33, 38, 53-55, 

 57, 60 



Nambicuara, 99-100, 102 



Salt, Camayura, 17 

 Scarification : 



illness, Bacairi, 71 

 mourning, Camayura, 68 

 puberty : 



Bacairi, 71 

 Camayura, 66 

 punishment, Camayura, 48 

 scraper, manufacture of: 

 Bacairi, 71 

 Camayura, 37 

 Seats: 



Bacairi, 70 

 Camayura, 7, 34 



Seclusion : 



coming out of: 



birth, Bacairi, 74, 77 

 puberty, Camayura, 56, 66 

 punishment by, Camayura, 48, 65 

 time of: 

 birth: 



Bacairi, 74 

 Camayura, 61 



puberty: 



Bacairi, 74 



Camayura, 65 



Nambicuara, 103 

 mourning, Camayura, 68 



