FARABEE— SOUTH AMERICAN PETROGLYPHS 



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are somewhat similar to those in the savannah. There are no figures 

 here in common with any in the lower group on the river. 



DUERWAU RIVER 



Just below the cataracts, where the last group was observed, the 

 Duerwau enters the Essiquibo from the west. Two days up this river 

 at some rapids a few poorly made 

 glyphs were found carved on 

 granite bowlders. Figure 3 shows 

 all that were distinct. The man 

 with rounded shoulders and knees 

 is peculiar to this group. Figure 

 3, b, may be a coiled snake, the 

 sucurucu, which is said to stand 

 up and strike from the second 

 coil. 



RIO HONAWAU 



No other petroglyphs were 



found On the upper Essiquibo, FlG " 3-Petroglyphs on the Duerwau. 



nor on any of the numerous small rivers on the Brazilian side of the 

 Acarai mountains until we reached the Honawau, a small tributary 

 of the Apiniwau, which is the longest branch of the Trombetas. Here 

 there are a few figures on a large granite bowlder standing out in 

 the rapid water away from the land. Figure 4 shows how different 

 they are from any others so far described. Several appear to be 

 houses, others may be men inside of their houses. The U-shaped 

 figures are new forms also. 





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Fig. 4. — Petroglyphs on the lower Honawau. 



Three days' journey farther up the river there is a large flat-topped 

 rock, sloping to the water's edge in the dry season, which is completely 

 covered with figures. They have been so defaced by the scaling of the 

 rock that few were left perfect. The rectanglar figures with cross- 

 lines are similar to some of those in other groups. Figure 5, In,, looks 

 very much like a large burial urn. Again we find little in common 

 between nearby groups. 



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