. Bulletin. Ethnology. 20 BUEEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 142 I saw which, was of undoubted antiquity, said to be from 75 to 100 years old, was nearly 9 feet high with some scrollwork ornamentation carved on it (pi. 6, fig. 1). The only explanation for the crosses was that they kept the house from being struck by lightning. They also figure in some ceremonial connections. On the Fuerte River, crosses before houses are rather rare. UTILIZATION AND FURNISHING The ramada is the workroom and living quarters of the family; weaving and spinning goes on there. Usually, there are benches for seats
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 20 BUEEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 142 I saw which, was of undoubted antiquity, said to be from 75 to 100 years old, was nearly 9 feet high with some scrollwork ornamentation carved on it (pi. 6, fig. 1). The only explanation for the crosses was that they kept the house from being struck by lightning. They also figure in some ceremonial connections. On the Fuerte River, crosses before houses are rather rare. UTILIZATION AND FURNISHING The ramada is the workroom and living quarters of the family; weaving and spinning goes on there. Usually, there are benches for seats, and the edge of the ramada is frequently bordered with potted plants and flowers, commonly on a rough bench out of reach of wan- dering pigs. Mayo house yards are open, in noticeable contrast with those of Yaqui houses, where the ramada is inside a high fence so that no one can see what goes on about the house. A parakeet usually lives under the ramada on a stick or in a cage. On poles, suspended from the rafters by wires, are hung saddles, ropes, blankets, and har- ness. Sometimes wooden hooks made from naturally bent sticks are hung from rafters or posts to hold rojDes or other articles. They are barked and grooved at one end to receive the cord (fig. 7). If the family makes cheese, the product is laid on a platform of canes sus- pended from the roof. The roof supports may have bunches of cholla cactus tied to them to prevent cats or rats from climbing up to the articles suspended from the roof beams. Also hung from the ramada is generally a cradle, a cratelike arrangement of canes or straight branches, open at the top. (See McMillan, 1936, pi. 9.) A large water jar set in the FiGTJKE 7—Wood- crotch of a tree trunk planted in the ground under en hook used for the ramada is usual (pi. 5, fig. 2). A gourd water hanging hopes dipper hangs near it. On the walls or posts always and clothing hang two or three gourd canteens (fig. 8, Or-c). romroo earns Beds sometimes are in the
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