. Bulletin. Ethnology. 78 SOUTH AMERICAN INDIANS [B. A. E. Bull. 143 Table 7.—Anthropometric data on seven Cayap6(/rom Ehrenreich, 1897 a) Measurements (mm.) and indices Stature (cm.) Thoracic perimeter Head: Diam. anteroposterior max Diam. transverse max Auricular height Horizontal perimeter Length-breadth index Length-height index Nose: Height Breadth .-. Nasal index. Females (2) 17.5 14.5 12.2 82.8 69.7 4.1 3.5 83.7 Brazilian Guiana.—The Arawak and Carib (Handbook, vols. 3 and 4, passim) shared the Guianas, a region covered by Tropical Forests and cut by rivers having a plentiful supply of
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. Bulletin. Ethnology. 78 SOUTH AMERICAN INDIANS [B. A. E. Bull. 143 Table 7.—Anthropometric data on seven Cayap6~(/rom Ehrenreich, 1897 a) Measurements (mm.) and indices Stature (cm.) Thoracic perimeter Head: Diam. anteroposterior max Diam. transverse max Auricular height Horizontal perimeter Length-breadth index Length-height index Nose: Height Breadth .-. Nasal index. Females (2) 17.5 14.5 12.2 82.8 69.7 4.1 3.5 83.7 Brazilian Guiana.—The Arawak and Carib (Handbook, vols. 3 and 4, passim) shared the Guianas, a region covered by Tropical Forests and cut by rivers having a plentiful supply of fish. Everything indi- cates that the Arawak preceded the Carib there. Karl von den Steinen believes there were two different Arawakan linguistic groups: (1) The "Nu-Aruaques, " which occupy a vast region extending south to north from Bolivia through Mato Grosso and the Amazon Basin to Venezuela; and (2) the "Aruaques proper." These groups probably had a common origin and at the beginning of the 17th centmy both lived on the Atlantic Coast, north of the mouth of the Amazon River and in the Lesser Antilles. Only the first is of interest to Brazil. The Carib may have started from the southern bank of the Amazon River, perhaps along the headwaters of the Madeira and Tapaj6z Rivers, and passed downstream to Brazilian Guiana, driving out or isolating the Arawak. Arawak.—The Arawak are widespread in America. (See tribal map.) According to data collected by Joao Braulino de Cavalho in 1938, the northernmost in Brazil are the Wapishana and Aturai, who are completely isolated in Carib territory. During the last century, the Wapishana lived in the forests between the Essequibo River and Rio Branco, between lat. 2° and 3° N. The Aturai originally inhabited the territory between the headwaters of the Rapunini and Cunduvini Rivers, tributaries of the Essequibo River. Aturai groups are still extant in Brazil, distributed along the margins of the Rio Tocutij, tribu