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The water jar and the pot are the chief vessels of pottery ; I 
saw neither platea ñor pipes of el ay, The pipes are made from 
various woods, the rnistól and the palosanto being the favourites. 
Some of these are rudely carved in the usual Chaco manner, 
pigs’ heads, cock’s comb, the human figure, woinan with pitcher 
on back, and others, but the commonest íorm was tliat of a plain 
longish piece of wood with a hole burnt through, hollowed some- 
what bigger at one end for receiving the tobáceo, but requiring 
no stem, 
Gourds are as usual turned to a variety of uses, a rattle for the 
feasts ; split in half to ¡neet tlio need of dishes, bowls, ladles, spoons, 
cups and water vessels ; a lid cut out and forming a puzzle box for the 
reception of cotton, needles, fish-hooks, and titilo nicknacks ; v/h i lo- 
sen te are cut off at the neck and corked for carrying shot, beads, and 
other small things. A few of the gourds are deeorated with drawings 
of trees, spirits, men and animáis. 
Though I believe it is customary to carry the tire with them from 
village to village, they always have the sticks and tinder-box for pro- 
ducing fire by friction with them. A good many of the people, 
however, now possess the European handy firestriker, a develop- 
ment of the ancient flint and steel. 
Among the most interesting of implements seen was one for 
facial marking. It consisted of a plain piece of wood half of which 
possessed a row of points, carved out like a ernde wooden printing 
block, which they dippod into the liquidized paint and made the 
impression. 
VI 
During tho summer months when the wild íruits are plentiful and 
the garden produce ripe, the people indulge in feasts. Many of these 
are connected with the puberty of both sexes, others are simply drinlc- 
ing bouts. It is worthy of note that the women and children never 
drink, a characteristic of all the Chaco peoples, and in vivid contras! 
to the Chiriguano or Guaraní women-folk who, as a general rule, 
indulge as freely as the men. 
At one place visited while a feast was in progresa the men were 
seated in a circle around the drink supply, made of fermented sandías 
or water-melons, which was contained in a hide receptado sunk in the 
ground. The men were, of course, dressed in gala costume, all the 
dress and ornamenta possible were loaded on their heads and necks. 
A few rattles and the striking of pots formed the musical outfit, the 
