In Butini’s time, the Surinam “Indians” were divided into several
peoples, notably the Arawak, Kali’na and Warao. It is difficult to
say from which of these he acquired the “Indian woman’s apron”
brought to Geneva and of which there is no trace in today’s
collections. On the other hand, we do know that at the time
European customers were highly prized by the Indigenous peoples
who sold them both objects belonging to them and animals hunted
in the forest. D. Buyssens