Pomo Indian baskets and their makers . POMO TsAIS \Plat,- An odd idea is embodied in a design known as ka-tuni-tahi-bah, or lizard tail, executed thus [ ], the idea being of alizards tail cut off and wriggling. A common, and one of the finest, Pomo designs in plate 17, isknown widely as bu-di-le ; bu is the Indian word for the bulbousplant known as Brodiaea, used as food by the Pomos, and di-leis forehead. Indians have frequently given me the translation potato head, but I have never got any clue to the connectionbetween the name and the design. Plate 15 is a very common design among the Pomos
Pomo Indian baskets and their makers . POMO TsAIS \Plat,- An odd idea is embodied in a design known as ka-tuni-tahi-bah, or lizard tail, executed thus [ ], the idea being of alizards tail cut off and wriggling. A common, and one of the finest, Pomo designs in plate 17, isknown widely as bu-di-le ; bu is the Indian word for the bulbousplant known as Brodiaea, used as food by the Pomos, and di-leis forehead. Indians have frequently given me the translation potato head, but I have never got any clue to the connectionbetween the name and the design. Plate 15 is a very common design among the Pomos, and, whenwell executed, one of the most beautiful. Among basket col-lectors it has long been interpreted as a hill with pine trees. Inquiry of Indians on numerous occasions has elucidated but POMO INDIAN BASKETS 7,1. The So-called Fond Lily Design. V Plate 23] one answer, ka-cha, or ka-cha-nac, arrow points. The Pomoshave no other name for it. The Pomos have no portrayal oftrees, hills, mountains, rivers or sloughs. I question if theyever attempt flowers or leaves.
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