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INDEX
415
Aztec, 32, 134, 137, 139, 162, 182, 183, 185, 186, 228, 229, 261, 274; culture, similarity to Maya, 228-229; most typical of the Nahua culture, 227
Bakairi, 310
Basketry, 50-56, 225; area, outlined, 79; California area, 54, 94, 212; cane, 89, 94; central group, North Pacific Coast tribes, 214; decorations on, 76; distinguished from cloth, 56; distribution of types, 53; eastern maize area, 89; Eskimo, 89, 216; Haida and Tlingit, 88-89; imbricated, 81; Northern Shoshonean tribes, 211; Pima, 226; Plateau area, 210; Southeastern area, 89; Southwestern area, 226; splint, 54-55; techniques, 79-80; Tlingit, 213
Baskets, Aleutian, 74-75; California, designs on analyzed, 84; California, specialization in, 338; cane, 77, 223; classification of, 52; cooking, 54; decoration of, 76-77; flexible, 58
Bear, belief in power of, 200
Betel nut culture, analogy of tobacco chewing to, 30
Berries, used as food, Déné, 218; Carrier, 14; salmon area, 15; and fruits, rarity in acorn area, 16
Birchbark, canoes of, 43; covers for tipis, 110; decorations on, 85, 86; high development of drawing on, 87; vessels and canoes associated, 55; work in, Mackenzie area, 338
Bison area, 34, 35, 39, 45, 109, 122, 153, 175, 176, 178, 197, 198, 200, 320; costume, 63; described, 11; designs, 82; pottery made in, 67; types of cultures in, 336
Bison, eastern range of, 19; methods of hunting, 11; use of centered in the Plains, 338. See also buffalo
Black-on-white pottery, distribution, 257
Blind dupe, distribution of story, 196
Blood-clot Boy, story, 197
Blood feuds, among tribes with simple organization, 171
Blood, offering, among Maya and Nahua, 191; as a means of purification, 200; vengeance, right of recognized in North America, 168; vengeance, tribes of Gulf states, 170
Bochica, Chibcha culture hero, 198,
Bone, artifacts, in Missouri Valley, 254; objects of, California area, 258; prevailing tool material in hunting areas, 122; process of working, 122-123
Boomerang, Pueblo area, 225
Bow, in bison area, 38; distribution, 133; musical, 147; sinew-backed, 358; universal use of, 132-133
Bowdrill, 127
Bowls, knot, Eastern Woodland area, 338
Boxes, and plank work, specialization in, 338