PL. XIII. Various Trays. 



A. C6mpi (bound tray). The name refers to the junctures of the black 

 lines at different places where they are said to be bound or tied together. From 

 the diamond-shaped figures this tray is sometimes also called sling tray. 



B. Compi (bound or tied ). Like in the previous tray, the dark lines in the 

 decoration join each other at certain places where they are said to be tied together, 

 from which the name is derived. 



C. Ndngui (clasping tray ). The name refers to the small squares running 

 round in the middle of the white part of the tray and being joined together by a 

 narrow black line. This tray is also called kongndhompi, because it is used by 

 the newly married bride when she fills it with sweet corn meal, which she takes 

 over to her husband's mother, to whom she gives this meal. This peculiar manner 

 of giving, which is not to be considered a payment, nor exactly a present, is called 

 homa, from which the name of the tray used on that occasion is derived. 



D. Chilitoshmoktaka (The one that has the Spanish pepper powder tied up). 

 This is the name of a certain Katcina, a crude figure of which is woven into the tray. 

 In certain races this Katcina carries a little bundle of powdered Spanish pepper, a 

 small quantity of which is put into the mouth of any one whom this Katcina beats 

 and captures in the races. 



E. Tcob (antelope tray). The meaning of the three small figures be- 

 tween the antelopes is not known. 



F. Odckal ( ledge tray ). Various forms of this design are being made. 

 The name refers to the different layers of earth and rock that may be seen in steep 

 bluffs. The different rounds of decorations in the tray are said to resemble in a 

 crude way these layers of different material. 



H, Akdush ( sunflower tray ). The name is derived from the fact that the 

 design resembles the sunflower. 



