Some woodwork by the Kashuiéna Indians

Abstract

In this article, published in Revista Folk, in 1960, Polykrates calls attention to the manufacture of carved wooden objects by the Indians, then named Kashuiéna, objects that the author would have found in a village on the banks of the Cachorro River during the visits that made that place (in 1957 and 1958). Based on his observations on a ceremonial stick and two tablets with accessories, according to him to aspirate hallucinogenic substances, in this text, Polykrates presents descriptions and photos about both objects and draws attention to the importance of their registration and acquisition by the National Museum (Denmark) thus avoiding the danger of losing these artifacts due to eventual disuse by the Kashuiéna.