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Ka toi na otc, or Kavjinaml yak, turtle neck. A charm of halved tnrtlo l)acks 

 strung one ahove the other, iu<lieated hy three equilateral triangles, one resting on 

 another. 



Kattilid, arrowheads often represented on the basket as strung together and worn 

 as necklaces. 



Katshak, arrowhead. A row of equilateral triangles bounded by two lines and 

 touching by their bases, or having the apex of each one touching the middle of the 

 base of the other. 



Kawinateedi, turtle backs which were seen floating on the waves of ('lear r>ake. 

 A series of rhombs adjoining one another. 



Kt'd, quail plume. Totem of the confederated tri])es of Lake County, California, 

 especially tluise living in the valleys around Clear Lake. This excludes the Napo, 

 Kabe najx), rock village; and Kura napo, water-lily village, who had no recognized 

 totems. The Yokaia also claimed the Kea totem, being close kin to Lake tribes, 

 though living across the range. L-shape and Z-shai^e designs in color. Most common 

 of Porno sj^mbols. 



Mlsakalak, blacksnake, a totem recognized as belonging to the Shokowa of Scho- 

 kowa valley, around Hopeland. Represents a snake trail. Two parallel lines near 

 together with a sinuous pattern l)etween. 



Na va kai, a totem consisting of a series of ponds connected l)y a slough, and this 

 tribe is totally extinct, yet the pattern is often seen in the Yokaia village and called 

 Baketch, or man's spit. This is a row of squares made up of dots. 



Poma, red earth. Named from the mound of siliceous earth in Potter Valley, 

 whence all Pomos sprung, and from which, to this day, their ceremonial yeast or 

 sacrament is dug to be mixed with their bread and eaten. The totem of a Potter 

 Valley tribe. Pomo = red (stone) mine or quarry, where argillite or magnetite is 

 mined for wamimm. A row of triangles in red Si^lints. 



Shakobii/a, grasshojjper elbows, or the spines on the tarsi. Trail noted in mud. 

 It consists of a line of right-angled triangles joined at their bases. 



Sltakohimak, grassliopper tracks made in the mud at creation. Parallel rows of 

 dots in fours. 



Tsi yo tsi yo, up and down, the word Ka being understood. "Waves" rolling 

 back from the shores of Clear Lake, releasing the new-born creatures. Three zigzag 

 lines parallel and oblique. Certain Lake County Pomo tribes use the term tsi yo tsi 

 yo, signifying waves, or the marriage of the east wind to the waters of Clear Lake, 

 representing it l)y a series of dotted parallelograms in stepped pattern. 



Carl Piirdy's vocal )iilarv of Pomo symbols on basketry is as follows: 



Baiyakan (Baiyak, net), band of rectangles, called meshes; also, snake. 



Bishe mao, or )nl<t, backljone or ribs of a deer. Rectangles or rhomVjs en i^chelon. 



Butterfly })atteni, Long Valley Indian (Copehan). 



Chi kakh, ciuail. 



Dalan, halved. (Yokaia, dilan. ) 



Dan, opening. (Compare the path in Navaho baskets.) 



Itchi cu ive; len we is naked, or bare and naked; itci ten we, bare of design — i. e. 

 not ornamented. 



Ka pok poko, short design, rhomb or rectangle in the middle. 



Ka tio tio, waves (Ka, water, and tio tio, rippling); or Kahio, or Kalio (?). 



Kailakama, crow foot (kai, crow, and akama, foot). 



Kalcha misit, arrow points. (Yokaia. ) 



Kalen le Ian, white mark in the middle. 



Katcha, arrowhead. 



Kalcha, arrow; Katcha da Ian, arrow halved; Katchi mi set (or misit), arrow 

 points. 



