Pomo Indian baskets and their makers . A Chief of the Pomos. ors is never known by that name among the Pomos. Inevery tribe it is tsi-6t-sio, or zigzag. In its various modi-fications it is used very frequently by them. To squares orrhomboids, however arranged, they give the name bu-she-mi-aor deer-neck, the idea being the angle between the deershead and shoulders and neck; rather a fanciful idea, but onewhich seems to have taken deep root, for every tribe has it. Themark like a quarter note in music is the Pomos idea of a quailplume. In Ballo-kai Pomo thisis chi-kakh. It is most taste-fully us
Pomo Indian baskets and their makers . A Chief of the Pomos. ors is never known by that name among the Pomos. Inevery tribe it is tsi-6t-sio, or zigzag. In its various modi-fications it is used very frequently by them. To squares orrhomboids, however arranged, they give the name bu-she-mi-aor deer-neck, the idea being the angle between the deershead and shoulders and neck; rather a fanciful idea, but onewhich seems to have taken deep root, for every tribe has it. Themark like a quarter note in music is the Pomos idea of a quailplume. In Ballo-kai Pomo thisis chi-kakh. It is most taste-fully used and in some of its adaptations is the prettiest of allAlternate checks of white and color in a circular design is POMO INDIAN BASKETS. 3S. universally c a 1 le dbai-ya-kau, or holesin a fish-trap. Theidea is from the alter-nate light and darkin a fish-trap basketof unpeeled triangles,however arranged,are arrow-points, ork^-cha; plate 19,shows how beauti-fully they can beused. The same de-sign is used halved,and with a very broadbase is ka-cha-ma-to, or big arrow-head (plate 26).Plate 27 is a de-ipiatc 2or, , sign known through-out Lake county as ka-wil-in (Lower Lake) or ka-na-di-wa(Upper Lake) the turtle design. Very similar is that knownabout Clear Lake as ka-na-di-wa-koi, or turtle neck. Butterfly Pattern Repeated.
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