EXPLANATION OF PLATE 6. 

 Klamath Gamblixg Tray. 



A sak-lotks^ p'a'-hla or flexible gambling tray of the Klamath Indians of Oregon. 

 Both warp (pa-chish^) and weft (twach) are of cords of undyed twisted tule (p. 211), 

 which are fully exposed only in the pale-brown stripe at the margin, where the ends 

 of the warp are interlaced and lx)und with a strengthening cord of gray fiber from the 

 nettle ( Urtica breweri), sl^dsh. Every other stitch of the tray is covered by an over- 

 laying material: the white is of reed (p. 208); the black (mok^-was) is of tule dyed 

 in mud springs containing iron; the canary yellow is of porcupine quills (smai^-am) 

 dyed with wolf moss (p. 205), and the brown of the ring near the center of the tray 

 id of undyed tule. Nettle cord was used in binding the strands of warp together at 

 the beginning. 



The main trefoil pattern is of unknown significance. The triangles upon it are 

 bird-wing patterns (slas-al'-tKs), while the triangles on the marginal design are arrow- 

 head patterns (sa^-wal-sal'-tls). The brown and black ring near the center is an 

 op^-k'a, a name applied only to a ring of transversely alternating colors. A ring of 

 uniform color would be a smel-6'-g'a. 



