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  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  [B. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  Andean 
  temperatures. 
  If 
  the 
  child 
  is 
  feverish, 
  herb 
  lotions 
  made 
  of 
  

   chinchi-chinchi, 
  mollaka, 
  altea, 
  etc., 
  are 
  applied. 
  Or 
  if 
  it 
  takes 
  cold, 
  

   the 
  mother 
  chews 
  yerba 
  buena, 
  peperme, 
  and 
  feeds 
  it 
  the 
  masticated 
  

   pulp. 
  The 
  child 
  is 
  given 
  the 
  breast 
  some 
  five 
  times 
  a 
  day; 
  in 
  Kauri, 
  

   whenever 
  it 
  clamors 
  for 
  it. 
  No 
  regular 
  nursing 
  times 
  are 
  observed. 
  

   Throughout 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  infancy, 
  the 
  child 
  is 
  carried 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  diaper- 
  

   like 
  shawl 
  called 
  the 
  quipe 
  in 
  Central 
  Perti 
  (known 
  as 
  hualtja 
  in 
  Kauri). 
  

   The 
  quipe 
  measures 
  some 
  8 
  to 
  10 
  feet 
  (2% 
  to 
  3 
  m.) 
  long 
  by 
  6 
  inches 
  

   (15 
  cm.) 
  in 
  width 
  (Castro 
  Pozo, 
  1924, 
  p. 
  82), 
  giving 
  the 
  infant 
  coverage 
  

   from 
  neck 
  to 
  feet 
  and 
  permitting 
  only 
  movement 
  of 
  the 
  head. 
  

  

  Weaning 
  takes 
  place 
  between 
  the 
  ages 
  of 
  18 
  months 
  and 
  2 
  years. 
  

   The 
  mother 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  eats 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  aji 
  and 
  drinks 
  aguardiente 
  

   and 
  chicha 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  spoil 
  her 
  milk. 
  In 
  addition, 
  she 
  puts 
  salt 
  on 
  her 
  

   breasts 
  and 
  coats 
  them 
  with 
  a 
  mixture 
  of 
  yerba 
  buena 
  and 
  milk. 
  

  

  The 
  hair-cutting 
  ceremony, 
  chuccha 
  rutuy, 
  of 
  pre-Columbian 
  origin, 
  

   is 
  the 
  occasion 
  for 
  much 
  festivity. 
  Practically 
  all 
  boys 
  between 
  1 
  and 
  

   3 
  years 
  of 
  age 
  undergo 
  this 
  ceremony. 
  The 
  parents 
  must 
  find 
  a 
  

   padrino 
  who 
  is 
  willing 
  to 
  contribute 
  a 
  sheep 
  or 
  money 
  to 
  his 
  god-son. 
  

   In 
  southern 
  Peru, 
  padrinos 
  for 
  the 
  hair-cutting 
  ceremony 
  are 
  com- 
  

   monly 
  Aymara 
  traders 
  (Colla), 
  who 
  by 
  serving 
  in 
  this 
  capacity 
  form 
  

   a 
  useful 
  commercial 
  connection. 
  If 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  Colla 
  acting 
  as 
  padrino, 
  he 
  

   gives 
  a 
  llama 
  and 
  receives 
  chufiu 
  in 
  return. 
  On 
  the 
  appointed 
  day, 
  the 
  

   padrino, 
  in 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  boy's 
  relatives, 
  cuts 
  the 
  lock 
  of 
  hair 
  

   which 
  has 
  been 
  prominently 
  arranged 
  by 
  the 
  mother. 
  After 
  the 
  

   official 
  lock 
  has 
  been 
  cut, 
  the 
  parents 
  followed 
  by 
  the 
  grandparents 
  

   and 
  other 
  relatives 
  may 
  come 
  up 
  and 
  cut 
  a 
  lock 
  for 
  themselves. 
  The 
  

   ceremony 
  can 
  be 
  held 
  at 
  any 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  on 
  any 
  day 
  with 
  the 
  

   exception 
  of 
  Tuesday 
  and 
  Friday. 
  A 
  comparable 
  celebration 
  for 
  girls 
  

   is 
  held 
  at 
  the 
  piercing 
  of 
  the 
  ears. 
  

  

  After 
  the 
  hair 
  cutting, 
  the 
  child 
  is 
  allowed 
  to 
  go 
  off 
  alone 
  and 
  to 
  

   participate 
  in 
  the 
  games 
  that 
  children 
  play. 
  There 
  are 
  few 
  group 
  

   games. 
  Houses 
  in 
  miniature 
  are 
  constructed, 
  little 
  corrals 
  for 
  sheep, 
  

   bridges, 
  roads, 
  and 
  cultivated 
  fields 
  are 
  made 
  by 
  children. 
  Or 
  they 
  

   enact 
  religious 
  fiestas, 
  play 
  at 
  being 
  regidores, 
  and 
  operate 
  complicated 
  

   aine 
  accounts. 
  All 
  play 
  seems 
  to 
  hinge 
  on 
  the 
  imitation 
  of 
  and 
  prep- 
  

   aration 
  for 
  adult 
  life. 
  The 
  father 
  plays 
  with 
  his 
  children 
  but 
  he 
  does 
  

   not 
  admire 
  them 
  too 
  much 
  in 
  public 
  or 
  single 
  them 
  out 
  for 
  attention. 
  

   When 
  he 
  finds 
  them 
  disobedient, 
  he 
  punishes 
  them 
  with 
  the 
  proverbial 
  

   whip 
  — 
  each 
  whipping 
  consisting 
  of 
  three 
  lashes, 
  in 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  

   Father, 
  the 
  Son, 
  and 
  the 
  Holy 
  Ghost. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  3 
  or 
  4, 
  children 
  are 
  given 
  little 
  tasks 
  to 
  do 
  around 
  the 
  

   house; 
  they 
  take 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  chickens 
  and 
  learn 
  to 
  pasture 
  sheep. 
  At 
  

   the 
  age 
  of 
  5, 
  they 
  are 
  put 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  lambs, 
  which 
  are 
  pastured 
  

   in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  house. 
  By 
  this 
  time 
  boys 
  are 
  carrying 
  wood 
  and 
  

   water, 
  looking 
  after 
  the 
  fire, 
  and 
  beginning 
  to 
  spin. 
  Girls 
  of 
  5 
  or 
  

  

  