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DECORATION. 



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Fig. 109.— Paiut stiitk. Nenenot. 



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A block of wood with one or more iKiwl-sliaped cavities cut in it (Fig. 

 Ill) serves to bold the mixed paints, especially when several colors are 

 to he used in succession. 

 Small wooden bowls 

 are also employed. 

 (Figs. 112-113.) 



The pigments used 

 are procured from dil- 

 erent sources. From the traders are obtained indigo in the crude con- 

 dition or in the form of washing blue, vermilion in small buckskin bags, 

 and a few other cidors. An abundance of red earth occurs in several 



localities. The pigments 

 are reduced to the truest 

 possible condition and 

 kneaded with the fingers 

 until ready for the addi- 



Ficj. 110. — Paint stick. NcnenoT. ,• .- .■ i. n. ■ i 



tion ot water otten nnxed 

 with a slight quantity of oil or tallow. A tavorite vehicle for the p.aint 

 is the pr('i)ared roe of a sucker (CV(/((.sf()/H(/.s) ahounding in the waters of 

 the district. The female lish are stripped of the mass of ova which is 

 broken up in a vessel and 

 the liquid straineil through 

 a coarse clotli. The color is 

 a faint yellow which becomes 

 deeper with age. The fluid 

 is allowed to dry and when required for use is dissolved in water. It 

 has then a seraiviscid consistence and in this conditiim is mixed with 

 the various pigments. When a yellowish color is desii-ed the fish-egg 

 prepaa-atiou is applied alone. The albumen gives sufiicient adhesive 



quality to the paint and inodnce a 

 5^ rich glaze, giving a good eflect to 

 the otherwise dull colors. 



The process of preparing the 

 crude mineral colors is quite tedi- 

 ous as the attrition is produced by 

 rubbing the substance between two 

 smooth stones, a little water occa- 

 sionally being added to hold the 

 Fm 112 -Paint rup. Nenenot. particlcs together. The prepared 



paints are put in the vessels already described, and when ready for use 

 a (juantity is taken with the finger and placed in the palm of the hand 

 while the other fingers hold the instrument by which it is to be ap- 

 plied. The paint stick is cai-efully drawn through the tliin layer of paint 

 spread 07i the otlier palm and a quantity, depending on the thickness 

 of the layer, adheres to the edges of the appliance and by a carefully 

 guided motion of the hand the lines desired are produced. The eye 



Fig. Ill Paint cup. Xenenot. 



