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ON THE ABORIGINES 



arts among these people, I subjoin a list of articles which I 

 collected when among them, to illustrate their manners, 

 customs, and state of civilisation, but which were unfortunately 

 all lost on my passage home. 



LIST OF ARTICLES MANUFACTURED BY THE INDIANS 

 OF THE RIO DOS UAUP^S. 



Household Furniture and Utensils, 



1. Hammocks, or maqueiras, of palm-fibre, of various 

 materials, colours, and texture. 



2. Small wooden stools, of various sizes, painted and var- 

 nished. (Plate XIV. d) 



3. Flat baskets of plaited bark, in regular patterns and of 

 various colours. 



4. Deeper baskets, called " Aturas.'' (Plate XIII. d) 



5. Calabashes and gourds, of various shapes and sizes. 



6. Water-pitchers of earthenware. 



7. Pans of earthenware for cooking. 



Articles used in the Manufacture of Mandiocca Bread, 



8. Mandiocca graters, of quartz fragments set in wood. 

 (Plate XIII. a) 



9. Tipitis, or wicker elastic pressure cylinders. 



10. Wicker sieves for straining the pulp. 



11. Ovens for roasting cassava-bread and farinha. (Plate 

 XIII. 



12. Plaited fans for blowing the fire and turning the cakes. 



Weapons used in War^ Huntings and Fishing, 



13. Bows of various woods and different sizes. 



14. Quivers of curabis, or poisoned w^ar-arrows. 



15. Arrows with heads of monkey-bones. 



16. Arrows, with iron heads, for shooting fish. 



17. Gravatanas, or blow-tubes, from eight to fourteen feet 

 long. 



18. Wicker and wooden quivers, with poisoned arrows for 

 them. 



19. Small pots and calabashes, with the curarf or ururl 

 poison. 



