MINDELEFF] YEBITCAI HOGAN CONSTRUCTION 513 
In the mornings the ga¢dl“% sits under the western side of the hut and 
directs the young men in the process of sand painting, the making of 
curious sand mosaics delineating mythologic subjects. The materials 
used are dry sand, charcoal, and powdered ochers of different colors, 
which are poured from the hand between the thumb and fingers. 
Without the use of a brush or other implement the trickling stream is 
guided to form intricate designs. These designs are made directly on 
the earthen floor in a zone about 3 feet wide and extending nearly 
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Door frame 
4'0 "high 
24' wide 
oss these timbers 
7 ft high 
Fic. 243—Diagram showing measurements of Yébitcai house 
the entire length of the hut from north to south. This zone, called 
the ikd‘, is made in front of the qagdl‘i, and between him and the 
fire, which is reduced to small dimensions to enable him to work close 
under the opening in the roof. During the process the door is closed 
with the usual hanging blanket, and to increase the light from abovea 
buckskin or white cloth is sometimes suspended as a reflector on a light 
frame of boughs erected on the roof on the western side of the smoke 
hole. 
17 ETH, pr 2—4 
