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  THE 
  ARAUCANIANS 
  — 
  COOPER 
  719 
  

  

  once 
  made, 
  was 
  preserved 
  a 
  couple 
  of 
  days 
  or 
  more 
  by 
  igniting 
  a 
  piece 
  

   of 
  dry 
  trunk 
  of 
  chagual 
  (Puya 
  coarctata) 
  at 
  one 
  point 
  and 
  letting 
  it 
  

   smoulder 
  (Gonzalez 
  de 
  Najera, 
  1889, 
  p. 
  59). 
  Lighted 
  bundles 
  of 
  

   Chusquea 
  were 
  used 
  as 
  torches 
  (kude). 
  

  

  Miscellaneous 
  manufactures. 
  — 
  Gourds 
  were 
  made 
  into 
  dishes, 
  

   bowls, 
  trays, 
  and 
  containers 
  for 
  water 
  and 
  chicha; 
  shells, 
  into 
  drink- 
  

   ing 
  vessels 
  and 
  spoons; 
  later, 
  bullock's 
  horns 
  were 
  made 
  into 
  water 
  

   containers. 
  Wood 
  was 
  used 
  to 
  make 
  plates, 
  bowls, 
  drinking 
  vessels 
  

   (malwe), 
  and 
  many 
  other 
  objects 
  (cf. 
  Claude 
  Joseph, 
  1931, 
  pp. 
  229- 
  

   41) 
  ; 
  sea 
  shells 
  were 
  earlier 
  used 
  for 
  scraping 
  wood 
  (Gonzalez 
  de 
  Najera, 
  

   1889, 
  p. 
  97). 
  Awls 
  were 
  made 
  of 
  a 
  sharpened 
  bone. 
  A 
  small 
  steel 
  

   adze 
  came 
  into 
  use 
  later 
  (Claude 
  Joseph, 
  1931, 
  p. 
  235, 
  fig. 
  23). 
  Sacks 
  

   (refur?) 
  for 
  storing 
  grain 
  were 
  made 
  of 
  cowhide 
  or 
  horsehide; 
  small 
  bags 
  

   of 
  skin 
  (yapaq) 
  for 
  holding 
  parched 
  grain. 
  (Cf. 
  for 
  futher 
  details, 
  

   Claude 
  Joseph, 
  1931; 
  other 
  artifacts 
  have 
  been 
  noted 
  passim 
  in 
  pre- 
  

   ceding 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  paper, 
  q. 
  v.; 
  see 
  also 
  infra 
  under 
  

   Weapons, 
  p. 
  730.) 
  

  

  MARRIAGE 
  AND 
  THE 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  Acquisition 
  of 
  mates. 
  — 
  Beyond 
  general 
  statements 
  such 
  as 
  Molina's 
  

   (1901, 
  p. 
  189), 
  that 
  "in 
  marriage 
  they 
  scrupulously 
  avoid 
  the 
  degrees 
  

   of 
  immediate 
  relationship/ 
  ' 
  we 
  have 
  few 
  dependable 
  details 
  on 
  Map- 
  

   uche-Huilliche 
  incest 
  prohibitions. 
  According 
  to 
  Guevara 
  Silva 
  

   (1929, 
  1:328, 
  2:162), 
  marriage 
  was 
  prohibited 
  between 
  grandfathers 
  

   and 
  granddaughters, 
  uncles 
  and 
  nieces, 
  and 
  children 
  of 
  brothers. 
  

   Incestuous 
  sex 
  relations 
  are 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  occurred 
  at 
  times 
  on 
  the 
  

   occasion 
  of 
  drinking 
  sprees. 
  Unilateral 
  cross-cousin 
  marriage 
  with 
  

   the 
  mother's 
  brother's 
  daughter 
  was 
  the 
  most 
  preferred 
  one 
  but 
  

   seemingly 
  was 
  not 
  mandatory. 
  A 
  male 
  called 
  his 
  mother's 
  brother's 
  

   daughter 
  nuke 
  (mother) 
  while 
  she 
  called 
  him 
  ponefi 
  ("son," 
  w. 
  s.); 
  

   if 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  marry 
  her, 
  he 
  called 
  her 
  children 
  and 
  they 
  him 
  by 
  

   sibling 
  terms. 
  A 
  native 
  concept 
  rationalizing 
  the 
  cross-cousin 
  pref- 
  

   erence 
  was 
  : 
  "So 
  there 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  any 
  discord, 
  she 
  will 
  look 
  on 
  me 
  as 
  

   her 
  son 
  and 
  so 
  will 
  live 
  in 
  peace 
  with 
  me" 
  (Cona, 
  in 
  Moesbach, 
  1936, 
  

   p. 
  201). 
  Marriage 
  with 
  wife's 
  brother's 
  daughter 
  reported 
  to 
  Hallo- 
  

   well 
  (1943, 
  p. 
  490) 
  by 
  Collio 
  Huaiquillof 
  is 
  not 
  recorded 
  elsewhere 
  in 
  

   our 
  sources. 
  Sororal 
  polygyny 
  was 
  common, 
  "to 
  avoid 
  quarrels 
  and 
  

   jealousy" 
  (Guevara 
  Silva, 
  1913, 
  p. 
  40). 
  Under 
  certain 
  conditions 
  

   (cf 
  . 
  infra) 
  widows 
  were 
  in 
  earlier 
  times 
  inherited 
  by 
  the 
  deceased 
  hus- 
  

   band's 
  eldest 
  or 
  other 
  son 
  (except 
  the 
  son's 
  own 
  mother), 
  or 
  brother, 
  or 
  

   nearest 
  male 
  relative. 
  

  

  The 
  basic 
  and 
  normal 
  procedure 
  in 
  marriage 
  was 
  the 
  payment 
  of 
  the 
  

   bride-price, 
  a 
  procedure 
  very 
  commonly 
  accompanied 
  with 
  drama- 
  

   tized 
  capture. 
  The 
  prospective 
  groom 
  either 
  personally 
  or 
  through 
  

   go-betweens 
  entered 
  into 
  negotiations 
  with 
  the 
  father 
  or 
  elder 
  relative 
  

  

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