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[Plate I.]Seriland[9]
[II.]Pascual Encinas, conqueror of the Seri[13]
[IIIa.]Seri frontier[40]
[IIIb.]Sierra Seri, from Encinas desert[40]
[IVa.]Sierra Seri, from Tiburon island[42]
[IVb.]Punta Ygnacio, Tiburon bay[42]
[Va.]Western shore of Tiburon bay[44]
[Vb.]Eastern shore of Tiburon bay[44]
[VIa.]Recently occupied rancheria, Tiburon island[80]
[VIb.]Typical house interior, Tiburon island[80]
[VIIa.]House framework, Tiburon island[110]
[VIIb.]House covering, Tiburon island[110]
[VIII.]Sponge used for house covering, Tiburon island[112]
[IXa.]House skeleton, Tiburon island[114]
[IXb.]Interior house structure, Tiburon island[114]
[X.]Typical Seri house on the frontier[117]
[XI.]Occupied rancheria on the frontier[119]
[XII.]Group of Seri Indians on trading excursion[121]
[XIII.]Group of Seri Indians on the frontier[137*]
[XIV.]Seri family group[139*]
[XV.]Seri mother and child[142*]
[XVI.]Group of Seri boys[144*]
[XVII.]Mashém, Seri interpreter[146*]
[XVIII.]“Juana Maria”, Seri elderwoman[150*]
[XIX.]Typical Seri warrior[154*]
[XX.]Typical Seri matron[156*]
[XXI.]Seri runner[158*]
[XXII.]Seri matron[160*]
[XXIII.]Youthful Seri warrior[162*]
[XXIV.]Seri belle[164*]
[XXV.]seri maiden[166*]
[XVI.]Characteristic face-painting[168*]
[XXVII.]Face-painting paraphernalia[170*]
[XXVIII.]seri Archer at Rest[200*]
[XXIX.]Seri archer at attention[202*]
[XXX.]Seri bow, arrow, and quiver[204*]
[XXXI.]Seri balsa in the national museum[217*]
[XXXII.]painted Olla, With Olla Ring (Museum Number 155373)[222*]
[XXXIII.]Plain olla (Museum number 155373)[226*]
[XXXIV.]Domestic anvil, side (Museum number 178858)[234*]
[XXXV.]domestic Anvil, Top (Museum Number 178858)[234*]
[XXXVI.]Domestic anvil, bottom (Museum number 178858)[234*]
[XXXVII.]domestic Anvil (Reduced), Top and Side (Museum Number 178838)[237*]
[XXXVIII.]Metate (reduced), top and edge (Museum number 178839)[237*]
[XXXIX.]Long-used metate (reduced), top (Museum number 178840)[238*]
[XL.]long-used Metate (Reduced), Bottom (Museum Number 178840)[238*]
[XLI.]Natural pebble bearing slight marks of use (Museum number 178841)[240*]
[XLII.]Natural pebble used as bone-crusher (Museum number 178842)[240*]
[XLIII.]Little-worn pebble used for all domestic purposes (Museum number 174570)[243*]
[XLIV.]Natural pebble used as crusher and grinder (Museum number 178843)[243*]
[XLV.]Natural pebble slightly used as hammer and anvil (Museum number 178844)[244*]
[XLVI.]Natural pebble slightly used as grinder (Museum number 178845)[247*]
[XLVII.]Natural pebble slightly used as domestic implement (Museum number 178846)[247*]
[XLVIII.]Natural pebble slightly worn by use (Museum number 178847)[249*]
[XLIX.]natural Pebble Considerably Worn in Use As Grinder (Museum Number 178848)[249*]
[L.]Natural pebble considerably worn as cutter and grinder (Museum number 178849)[251*]
[LI.]Natural pebble considerably used as hammer, grinder, and anvil (top and edge) (Museum number 178850)[253*]
[LII.]Natural pebble considerably used as hammer, grinder, and anvil (bottom and edge) (Museum number 178850)[253*]
[LIII.]Hammer and grinder (Museum number 178851)[255*]
[LIV.]implement Shaped by Use (Museum Number 178853)[255*]
[LV.]Implement perfected by use (Museum number 178853)[257*]
[LVI.]Perfected implement found in use (Museum number 178854)[259*]
[Figure 1.]Nomenclatural map of Seriland[16]
[2.]Gateway to Seriland—gorge of Rio Bacuache[27]
[3.]Tinaja Anita[29]
[4.]Beyond Encinas desert—the saguesa[33]
[5.]Embarking on Bahia Kunkaak in la lancha Anita[48]
[6.]Anterior and left lateral aspect of Seri cranium[142*]
[7.]Snake-skin belt[170*]
[8.]Dried flower necklace[171*]
[9.]Seed necklace[172*]
[10.]Nut pendants[172*]
[11.]Shell beads[172*]
[12.]Wooden beads[172*]
[13.]Necklace of wooden beads[173*]
[14.]Rattlesnake necklace[174*]
[15.]Seri olla ring[184*]
[16.]Water-bearer’s yoke[184*]
[17.]Symbolic mortuary olla[185*]
[18.]Symbolic mortuary dish[185*]
[19.]Shell-cup[186*]
[20.]Turtle-harpoon[187*]
[21.]fish-spearhead[193*]
[22.]African archery posture[202*]
[23.]Desiccated pork[205*]
[24.]Seri basket[208*]
[25.]Scatophagic supplies[213*]
[26.]Seri marlinspikes[217*]
[27.]The balsa afloat[218*]
[28.]Seri balsa as seen by Narragansett party[219*]
[29.]Seri hairbrush[226*]
[30.]Seri cradle[226*]
[31.]Hair spindle[227*]
[32.]Human-hair cord[228*]
[33.]Horsehair cord[228*]
[34.]Mesquite-fiber rope[229*]
[35.]Bone awl[230*]
[36.]Wooden awls[230*]
[37.]Seri arrowheads[246*]
[38.]Diagrammatic outline of industrial development[253*]
[39.]Mortuary olla[289*]
[40.]Woman’s fetishes[290*]
[41.]Food for the long journey[291*]
[42.]Mortuary cup[291*]

BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. I

SERILAND

THE SERI INDIANS
By W J McGEE