The North-West Amazons

About this eBook

Author

Whiffen, Thomas, 1878-1922

Title

The North-West Amazons: Notes of some months spent among cannibal tribes

Credits

Produced by deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

F2201: Latin America local history: South America. General

Subject

Japurá River Valley (Colombia and Brazil)

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 55540

Release Date

September 13, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE NORTH-WEST AMAZONS
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
6. 6.CHAPTER II
7. 7.CHAPTER III
8. 8.CHAPTER IV
9. 9.CHAPTER V
10. 10.CHAPTER VI
11. 11.CHAPTER VII
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII
13. 13.CHAPTER IX
14. 14.CHAPTER X
15. 15.CHAPTER XI
16. 16.CHAPTER XII
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV
19. 19.CHAPTER XV
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX
24. 24.CHAPTER XX
25. 25.APPENDICES — APPENDIX I PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS — APPENDIX II MONGOLOID ORIGIN — APPENDIX III DEPILATION — APPENDIX IV COLOUR ANALYSIS AND MEASUREMENTS — Colour — Colour Analysis Unexposed Part—Armpit — Colour Analysis Exposed Part—Back — Huis’ Measurements of Samples of Women’s Hair — Measurements of Types [438] in Centimetres — Essential Measurements Two Cases, Women, Witoto — Extra Notes on Two Women, Witoto (chosen types) — General Description of Two Indian Women for evolving a Type. Both Witoto-speaking — APPENDIX V ARTICLES NOTED BY WALLACE AS IN USE AMONG THE UAUPES INDIANS THAT ARE FOUND WITH THE ISSA-JAPURA TRIBES — Household Furniture and Utensils — Weapons — Musical Instruments — Dress and Ornaments — APPENDIX VI NAMES OF DEITIES — APPENDIX VII VOCABULARIES AND LISTS OF NAMES — SOME WITOTO TRIBES OF THE ISSA-JAPURA WATERSHED — SOME TRIBES OF THE OKAINA GROUP — SOME BORO TRIBES OF THE ISSA-JAPURA WATERSHED — WITOTO CHIEFS AND MEDICINE-MEN — NAMES OF BORO CHIEFS AND MEDICINE-MEN — WITOTO — BORO — APPENDIX VIII
26. 26.FOOTNOTES
27. 27.LIST OF BOOKS REFERRED TO
28. 28.INDEX

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