Index
Index Page numbers in italicsdenote illustrations Aborigines, Australian, 234n.ll Acculturation, 17 Adadokomo design, 122-123 Adaha. See Gardens Adaha ademi hidi festival, 40-41 dress of, 46 group chants of, 35-39, 65, 66 myth of, 93 Toqui of, 35-36 Ademi chants (collective chants), 6567 , 146-147 Adaha ademi hidi (Garden Song), 35-39 Atta ademi hidi (house festival), 65-66, 226n.4 Wasaiyadi ademi hidi (welcoming ceremony), 65, 75, 113, 236n.l5 Adujana. See Parupavillage Ahachito hato ceremony, 47-49, 65, 80-81, 100, 105, 137, 24ln.9.See also Menstruation Ahadano basket, 75-76 Aichudi chants, 65-66, 140, 147 Sichu hiyacadi (newborn chant), 36, 65, 145 Tingkui vechamatojo (sebucan chant), 147-161, 245n.38 Tunumd yechamatojo (food or game chant), 147-148 Wenaku'ajodi ceremony, 48, 49 Aiuku (Anadenantheraperegrina), 58, 59, 105, 112, 116, 230n.23, 236n.l3, 237n.l7,238n.20 Akahunu design, 122, 123, 164 Akato. See Doubles Akawaio Indians, 67, 139-140, 223n.2, 241n.l4 Akuena, 13, 22, 26, 168 Alcohol, 244n.31. See also/«ra/fee Amaamada vine: baskets and, 71, 74 origin of, 134 purification of, 148 Amato baskets. See Kungwa baskets Amazon river, 5 Amenadina village, 13, 59, 223n.2, 224nn.8-9 Amoahocho baskets, 76 Amoichadi (purification), 65-66, 146-161 Anaconda. See Snake(s),Wiyu Anadenanthera peregrina. See Aiuku Anengne (epilepsy), 135 Angostura. See Ciudad Bolivar Animals, taboo, 231n.29. See alsospecific types; Arache Ankosturana. See Ciudad Bolivar Annaka, 22, 25, 32, 42, 81 baskets and, 164. See also Atta, design of Arache (Master), 31, 52, 54, 101, 102, 108, 131-132 263 264 INDEX Arahame river, 7 Arawak Indians, 10, 85 Arm bands, 41-47 Armellada, Cesareo de, 6 Art. See Primitive art Arvelo-Jimenez, Nelly, 10, 17, 19, 31, 61 Asa, 25, 26, 32. See also Ana, design of Atta (roundhouse): basketry analogies, 121, 163-168 body analogies, 40, 47 design of, 21-27 family compartments in, 26 first, 56 garden analogies, 34-39 inner-outer space relations, 22-26, 32, 164 as replica of cosmos, 21, 163 roof of, 165—166 Atta ademi hidi festival, 65, 66, 75, 93, 226n.4 Aschano caadi ceremony, 26, 226n,4 Attawanadi (House Wanadi) myth, 55-56 Atures Falls, 59 Aunko plant, 108, 137-139, 145 Awana magic herb, 128 Awanso catajo ceremony, 35-42, 47 Awidi (coral snake) design, 99, 107, 108, 115, 121, 180-182, 191, 218 Axis mundi, 22. See alsoNunudu Ayadi. See Barbasco fishing Ayawa (body paint), 56, 57, 63-65, 103, 144-146, 242n.l7 as light, 64, 137 Azpurua, Carlos, 20 Bariisteriopsis spp. See Kaahi Barbasco fishing, 27-28, 59, 105, 134, 227n.6, 240n.6 Basketry, 15 aesthetics of, 122-124 balance in, 89 conversation and, 2 cycles of, 79-85 designs in (see Designs, of baskets) fasting and, 72, 81-82, 134, 136, 139-146 houses compared with, 121, 163168 marriage and, 79-85 mastery of, 70, 79-80, 124-125 origin myths of, 97-100, 103-105, 109-110, 132-134 origin myths and, 4, 105, 127-134, 239n.l' Panare vs. Yekuana,87-89, 167, 233n.lO poetics of, 90-91 purification of, 146-161 social organization and, 162-170 studies of, 17, 85-90 terminology, 231n.2 time spent on, 232n.9 tradition of, 85-90 twilled plaiting, 71-73, 76-79, 85 as weapons, 104, 114-115. See also Waja; specific materials, types Bat designs, 116-117,202^203 Berlin Museum of Ethnology,16 Binary oppositions, in healing, 139140 . See also Dualism Birds: basket designs and, 117-118, 205207 , 242n.l7 chief, Wanato, 40, 41, 65, 75 curassow, 230n.22 diet and, 27 dress and, 41, 75 shamans and, 231n.29,240n.8 white heron, Ahisha, 200-201, 216-217, 238n.20,239n.24 woodpecker, Wanadi tonoro, 117118 , 145, 230n.22 wood quail, Kudokado, 128 Birth: of first child, 228n.16 primeval time and, 241n.9 secret name and,223n.l as transition,36, 81, 135-137 Black magic, 223n.2 [3.139.81.58] Project MUSE (2024-04-20 01:37 GMT) INDEX 265 Blood: cold and, 140 taboos of, 137. See also Menstruation Blowguns, 106, 117, 235n.8 Body: geography of, 39-47 language of, 228n.l2 paints, 56, 57, 63-65, 101-104, 128, 131, 137, 144-146, 230n.27, 231n.28, 242n.l7 Bou, Jaime, 19 Bourdieu, Pierre, 32, 39, 40, 41, 61, 124, 167, 170 Brazil, Yekuana settlements in, 10, 12, 13 Brett, W. H., 13 British Guyana, Yekuana trade...
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