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

  

  cotton 
  string. 
  These 
  amulets 
  are 
  intended 
  to 
  provide 
  protection 
  

   against 
  sickness. 
  

  

  Women 
  wear 
  as 
  many 
  strands 
  of 
  beads 
  around 
  the 
  neck 
  as 
  they 
  

   can 
  accumulate. 
  Blue-glass 
  trade 
  beads 
  are 
  popular, 
  but 
  the 
  tubular 
  

   carnelian 
  beads 
  found 
  in 
  Tairona 
  graves 
  and 
  procured 
  in 
  trade 
  by 
  the 
  

   Sierra 
  tribes 
  are 
  particularly 
  prized. 
  Women 
  with 
  wealthy 
  husbands 
  

   or 
  with 
  wealth 
  in 
  their 
  own 
  right 
  may 
  accumulate 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  20 
  to 
  

   30 
  strings 
  of 
  beads. 
  These 
  are 
  worn 
  only 
  on 
  festival 
  or 
  ceremonial 
  

   occasions. 
  

  

  Children 
  are 
  dressed 
  like 
  their 
  parents, 
  except 
  that 
  a 
  boy 
  is 
  not 
  

   given 
  trousers 
  until 
  he 
  is 
  nearly 
  mature. 
  All 
  children 
  are 
  clothed 
  at 
  

   an 
  early 
  age. 
  

  

  Both 
  men 
  and 
  women 
  wear 
  their 
  hair 
  long 
  and 
  loose. 
  Combs 
  are 
  

   known 
  but 
  usually 
  the 
  fingers 
  suffice 
  to 
  untangle 
  and 
  arrange 
  the 
  hair. 
  

   Some 
  men 
  wear 
  a 
  sparse 
  growth 
  of 
  hair 
  on 
  the 
  face. 
  

  

  Men 
  and 
  women 
  are 
  extremely 
  modest 
  about 
  exposing 
  their 
  bodies. 
  

   Men 
  refuse 
  to 
  bathe 
  in 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  others, 
  including 
  males. 
  

  

  Both 
  sexes 
  bathe 
  frequently 
  in 
  the 
  rivers. 
  Each 
  individual 
  usually 
  

   takes 
  at 
  least 
  two 
  hasty 
  dips 
  each 
  day. 
  Clothes 
  are 
  not 
  frequently 
  

   washed 
  and 
  then 
  only 
  in 
  cold 
  water. 
  

  

  TEANSPORTATrON 
  

  

  Transportation 
  is 
  principally 
  on 
  the 
  backs 
  of 
  human 
  beings. 
  

   Many 
  different 
  sizes 
  of 
  mochilas 
  are 
  available 
  for 
  carrying 
  burdens. 
  

   Women 
  carry 
  all 
  burdens 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  with 
  the 
  strap 
  of 
  the 
  mochila 
  

   over 
  the 
  forehead. 
  Men 
  always 
  have 
  the 
  strap 
  over 
  the 
  shoulder, 
  

   often 
  carrying 
  several 
  mochilas 
  in 
  this 
  fashion 
  with 
  the 
  sack 
  resting 
  

   on 
  the 
  back. 
  

  

  Oxen 
  are 
  not 
  heavily 
  burdened, 
  although 
  pack 
  saddles 
  and 
  large 
  

   mochilas 
  for 
  packing 
  animals 
  are 
  in 
  evidence. 
  Frequently, 
  families 
  on 
  

   the 
  move 
  will 
  be 
  encountered 
  on 
  the 
  trail 
  leading 
  an 
  ox 
  equipped 
  with 
  

   a 
  pack 
  saddle 
  but 
  only 
  burdened 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  mochila 
  of 
  vegetables. 
  

   The 
  women 
  of 
  the 
  family 
  will, 
  however, 
  be 
  carrying 
  mochilas 
  with 
  

   loads 
  several 
  times 
  greater. 
  Oxen 
  are 
  used 
  to 
  supply 
  the 
  power 
  for 
  the 
  

   trapichi, 
  the 
  cane 
  mill 
  with 
  three 
  heavy 
  wooden 
  cylinders. 
  

  

  Hiding 
  of 
  animals 
  is 
  not 
  customary 
  among 
  the 
  Indians, 
  although 
  

   they 
  are 
  familiar 
  with 
  the 
  practice. 
  

  

  MANUFACTURES 
  

  

  Basketry. 
  — 
  Little 
  basketry 
  is 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  Sierra 
  Nevada. 
  Plaited 
  

   fire 
  fans 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  every 
  household, 
  and 
  boxlike 
  containers 
  in 
  two 
  

   parts, 
  one 
  fitting 
  into 
  the 
  other, 
  are 
  used, 
  principally 
  by 
  the 
  priests 
  

   (mamas) 
  to 
  store 
  personal 
  possessions 
  and 
  religious 
  paraphernalia. 
  

   The 
  Cdgaba 
  and 
  lea 
  women 
  also 
  use 
  plaited 
  mats 
  for 
  sleeping 
  (Bol- 
  

   inder, 
  1925, 
  pp. 
  65-66, 
  pi. 
  15, 
  16). 
  

  

  