OBJECTS OF DAILLY LIFE COMBS The Amazonian use of combs as decoration may be the result of European influence. The European form, however, has been adapted by indigenous artists. The dark fibers of the body of the comb represent women and the light fibers, men. The entangled design is thus a metaphor for the interaction between the sexes. Cane wrapped comb Karajá. (Ilha do Bananal, Tocantins State)
		Cotton-wrapped cane comb with a bird-bone top,feather danglers, and palm wood teeth. Hixkaryana. (Amazonas State)
		Comb with feather streamers Tembé (Maranhão State) Wood, feathers BASCKETS
		Contrast-woven, twill-weave basket with feather danglers Waiwai (Amazonas State) Used by men to store their feathers and by shamans to store their ritual paraphernalia. As the Waiwai have been converted to a strict form of Christianity, they no longer wear ceremonial items but they sell them.
		Cotton wrapped basket Assuriní (Pará State) Masculine use Round basket Karajá (Ilha do Bananal, Tocantins State) Circular serving baskets Amazonas State Gourd vessel Suyá (Xingú Indigenous Preserve, Mato Grosso State) gourd and cottton Pyrographed gourd vessel Tapirapé (Tapirapé River basin, Mato Grosso) Doll Bororo (Mato Grosso State gourd and feathers
		Bird-shaped food turner Mehinaku (Xingú Indigenous Reserve, Mato Grosso State) wood, pigments
		Grater Waiwai (Amazonas State) wood with tiny stone chips embedded in the board, pigments Used for grating manioc
		Baby sling Apinayé (Goiás State) Palm fiber. seeds, feathers Baby sling Araweté (Pará State) Cotton Worn diagonally across the chest with the baby straddling the mother's lap or around the forehead like a trumpline with the baby ridding piggy back
		Animal effigy stool Karajá (Ilha do Bananal, Tocantins State) Wood, freshwater mother-of-pearl, fiber Male use, on special occasions.
		Tocatins Wood, freshwater mother-of-pearl, fiber Male use, probably by shaman Wooden spoon Pataxó (Bahia State) Made for sale PERSONAL ADORNMENTS Belt Guajajara (Maranhão State) Cotton Belt Karajá (Ilha do Bananal, Tocantins State) Woven fiber, cotton, feathers, seeds, beads Woven seed bead belt with hanging elements Waiwai (Amazonas State) Pair of man's arm bands Rikbaktsá (Mato Grosso State) Shell, feathers, cotton
		Pair of arm bands Waiwai (Amazonas State) Seeds, feathers
		Pair of arm bands Apalai (Amapá State) Cotton Pair of arm bands Aparai (Amapá State) Cotton Pair of feather arm bands Urubu-Kaapor (Maranhão State) Woman's visor Bororo (Mato Grosso State) Feathers, fiber Woman's loincloth Waiwai (Amazonas State) seeds, cotton Woman's loincloth Waiwai (Amazonas State) Job's-tears seeds, cotton Pectoral with danglers Wayana (Pará State) Cottton, wood Hair ornament Waiwai (Amazonas State) Seeds, wood, feathers Bark cloth arm band Tikuna (Upper Negro River, Amazonas State) Ear ornaments with feather danglers Aukure (Pará State) Cotton, wood, feathers, fiber, seeds
		Man's labret Rikbaktsá (Mato Grosso State) Freshwater mother-of-pearl, feathers
		Man's head ornament Wayana (Pará State) Feathers, split cane
		Man's nose pin Rikbaktsá (Mato Grosso State) Feathers, cane, fiber
		Man's ear plugs Karajá (Tocantins State) Feather and freshwater mother-of-pearl
		Man's necklace Kayapó (Mato Grosso State) Freshwater mother-of-pearl necklace with seed and bead danglers
		Child's necklace Urubu-Kaapor (Maranhão State) Wood, feathers Man's necklace Kuikuru (Xingú Indigenous Preserve, Mato Grosso State) Shell, cotton Pendant Bororo (Mato Grosso State) Armadillo claw, fiber, feathers Male use Bracelet Urubu-Kaapor (Maranhão State) Seed and bone Bracelet Nhambikuara (Mato Grosso State) Palm nut and turtle shell Bracelet Kamayurá (Xingú Indigenous Reserve, Mato Grosso State) Palm nut and bead Rings Trumaí (Xingú Indigenous Reserve, Mato Grosso State) Palm nut Rings reflect European influence MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Flute Wai Wai (Amazonas State) Animal (probably deer) leg bone, fiber and feathers Flute Bororo (Mato Grosso State) wood and feathers Twill-weave basketry rattle Waiwai (Amazonas State) RITUAL OBJECTS Back plate pendant (maku-maku) Wayana (Pará State) Split cane, feathers, wax, pigments Ritual use by men
		Animal effigy ant shield (kunana) Wayana (Pará State) Palm, split cane, feathers Among several northern Amazonian tribes, boys and girls go through an ant ordeal ceremony. A plaque with stinging ants woven into it is placed on their chests. Initiates should not cry out in pain but are not punished if they do.
		Fish-shaped bullroarer Waurá (Xingú Indigenous Reserve, Mato Grosso State) Wood and pigments Ritual use by men. When whirled around, on a long cord with a wooden handle, the bullroarer makes a very loud humming sound, the voice of its spirit, the Indians say. Women are supposed to remain inside the houses and not see the sacred bullroarers.
		Ceremonial rattle Araweté (Pará State) split cane, cotton, feathers, metal
		Painted fiber dance mask with palm-fiber mantle Bakairí (Xingú Indigenous Reserve, Mato Grosso)
		Wooden dance mask with palm-fiber mantle Probably Mehinaku, (Mato Grosso State)
		Mask (upé) Tapirapé (Mato Grosso State) Wood, feathers, freshwater mother-of-pearl, wax, fiber, cotton These masks represent spirits of people of importance who have died. HEADDRESSES
		Fan headdress (ahetô) Karajá (Tocantins State) Feathers, cane, cotton Worn during initiation ceremony for young men
		Man's crown headdress (tucunapé) Kalapalo (Xingú Indigenous Reserve, Mato Grosso State) Feathers, palm leaves Worn on many ceremonial occassions.
		Crown headdress Wayampí (Pará State) Feathers, split cane
		Man's radial headdress Bororo (Mato Grosso State) Ceremonial use
		Radial headdress Cinta Larga (Rondonia State) Feathers, palm leaf Radial headdress with cotton danglers (samereú) Wayana (Pará State) Feathers, split cane Man's radial headdress with feather danglers Rikibaktsá (Mato Grosso State) feathers, fiber The lower feather danglers imitate the tail of the bird, with the body being the feather circlet Radial headdress with feather danglers Ikpeng (Xingú Indigenous Reserve, Mato Grosso State) feathers, cotton, split cane Headband with feather danglers Gavião (Pará State) Feathers, cane, cotton Headband with bird-shaped cane dangler (akâneta) Kayapó-Wayampí (Amapá State) Tocan feathers, cane Cylindrical cane crown Gorotire (Pará State) Feathers, cane, cotton
		Feather cap headdress with central plume projection Kapapó-Kubenkranken (Pará State) Feathers imbricated into loose netted fiber foundation Feather cap headdress with central plume projection Kayapó-Mentuktire (Xingú Indigenous Reserve, Mato Grosso State) Feathers imbricated into netted fiber foundaton Ritual adornment Man’s head covering [right] Karitiane (Roiama State) Feathers, palm leaf
		Feather headdress Kalapalo (Xingú Indigenous Reserve, Mato Grosso State) Feathers, cotton Feather headdress Kreen-Akrore (Xingú Indigenous Reserve, Mato Grosso State) Feathers, cotton Small child's feather headdress Kalapalo (Xingú Indigenous Reserve, Mato Grosso State)
		Cylindrical cane crown [upper] Gorotire (Pará State) Feathers, cane, cotton Women's body ornament with nape covering Tembé (Maranhão State) Feathers, cotton