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Chapter XXVII: Appendix: V

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ARTICLES NOTED BY WALLACE AS IN USE AMONG THE UAUPES INDIANS THAT ARE FOUND WITH THE ISSA-JAPURA TRIBES

_Household Furniture and Utensils_

Hammocks.
Baskets, flat and deep.
Calabashes and gourds.
Earthenware water-pots.
Earthenware cooking-pots.
Manioc graters.
Manioc squeezers.
Wicker sieves.

_Weapons_

Bows and arrows.
Quivers.
Blow-pipes.
Small pots and calabashes for poison.
Spears.
Nets.
Rods, lines, and palm-spine hooks.
Wicker fish-traps.

_Musical Instruments_

Fifes and flutes of reeds--Menimehe and Napo tribes.

_Dress and Ornaments_

Feather head-dress.
Palm-wood combs.
Necklaces of seeds, beads, and teeth.
Wooden ear-plugs.
Armlets.
Painted aprons.
Rattles and ornaments for legs.
Knitted garters.
Calabashes of red pigment.
Painted earthen pot for _caapi_.
Small pot of dried peppers.
Dancing rattles.
Balls of string.
Baskets for edible ants.
Small dug-out canoe.
Paddles.
Pestles and mortars.
_Bombax_ silk-cotton for arrows.
Stone axes.

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