Strange to say, some of them paint their faces and bodies. They take
the juice of a tree which will stain a blue black. They pour this
juice on their heads, and let it run in streams down their backs. They
also put red and yellow in large round spots on their cheeks and
foreheads.
The men braid their hair, and wear it long, down their backs. They
part their hair and wear combs. But the women do not part their hair
and do not wear combs. They pull the hair out of their eyebrows. They
make holes in their ears. In these holes they wear, instead of rings,
a little piece of grass with feathers fastened to it.
[Illustration: A Painted Amazon Indian.]
Their houses are made of logs of wood set in the ground as posts. They
put other logs on top of these for a roof. Then they cover these logs
with palm leaves. There are no windows, and they use mats for doors.
They sleep in hammocks. These they make of string. They make the
string by twisting the leaves of a tree.
They have plenty of pans and pots, both large and small. These pans
and pots they make of clay.
First, they soften the clay and knead it. Then they shape it into pots
and pans. It is then dried in the sun.
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