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[b. a. b. 



in extracting stains and dyes from vegetal 

 substances. The colors were applied with 

 a dry point or surface, as with a piece of 

 chalk, charcoal, or clay; or, when mixed 

 with water or oil, with the fingers or hand, 

 or a stick, brush, or pad, and also sprayed 

 on with the mouth, as in Pueblo mask 

 painting. Brushes were rude, consisting 

 often of fibrous substances, such as bits 

 of wood, bark, yucca, or reeds, chewed, 

 beaten, or rubbed at one end until suf- 

 ficiently pliable to deliver the color; and 

 great skill was shown by many of the 

 tribes in the use of these crude tools. 

 Hair was not in general use, although ex- 

 cellent brushes are now made by the 

 more advanced tribes. The brushes xised 

 by the tribes of the N. W. coast were 

 often provided with beautifully carved 

 handles. Veryinterestingpaintingimple- 

 ments are seen in some sections. Paddle- 

 shaped or spatulate bits of wood are 

 used, applied edgewise for thin lines and 

 flatwise for covering spaces; and striping 

 tools having two or three points and 

 neatly carved of bone and ivory are in 

 use by the Eskimo (Turner). The Plains 

 tribes employed a flat piece of spongy bone 

 from the knee joint of a buffalo or an ox ; it 

 has a sharp edge of rounded outline which 

 serves for drawing lines, while the flat 

 side serves for spreading the color over 

 large areas. These tools, being porous, 

 have the advantage of holding a quantity 

 of liquid color. Shells were frecjuently 

 used for i:)aint cups, while for this pur- 

 pose the Pueblos made miniature jars 

 and bowls of pottery, sometimes in clus- 

 ters. Colors in the form of powder, sand, 

 clay, and meal were used, and are still 

 used, by several tribes in preparing dry- 

 paintings (q. V.) for ceremonial purposes 

 which are executed on the floors of cere- 

 monial chambers or altars (Matthews, 

 Stevenson, Fewkes) . See Art, Ornament. 



Consult Boas (1) in 6th Rep. B. A. E., 

 1888, (2) in Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist, 

 II, Anthrop. i, 1898; Dorsey in 11th Rep. 

 B. A. E., 1894; Fewkes in i7th, 21st, and 

 22d Reps. B. A. E. ; Hoffman in 7th Rep. 

 B. A. E.. 1891; Holmes in Smithson. 

 Rep. 1903, 1904; Moonev in 17th Rep. 

 B. A. E., 1898, Niblack in Nat. Mus. 

 Rep. 1888, 1890; Stevenson (1) in 5th 

 Rep. B. A. E., 1887, (2) in 11th Rep. B. A. 

 E., 1894; Turner in 11th Rep. B. A. E., 

 1894. (w. H. H.) 



Paint Town. A Cherokee settlement on 

 lower Soco cr., within the reservation in 

 Jackson and Swain cos., N. C. — Mooney 

 in 19th Rep. B. A. E., 509, 1900. 

 Ani'-Wadihi'.— Mooney, ibid, {'place of the Paint 

 people or clan': native name). 



Paisin. A former Kalindaruk village 

 near Monterey bay, Cal., whose inhab- 

 itants were connected with San Carlos 

 and San Juan Bautista missions. 



Pagnines.— Taylor in Cal. Farmer, Nov. 23, 1860. 

 Pagosiaes.— Engelhardt, Franc, in Cal., 398, 1897. 



Pagsin. — A. L. Kroeber, inf n, 1903. Paycines. — 

 Engelhardt. op. cit. Paysim.— Taylor in Cal. 

 Farmer, Apr. 20, 1860. 



Paiuiyunitthai ( Pai' -u-i-yw' -nlt-V qai) . 

 A former Kuitsh village on lower Ump- 

 quar., Oreg. — Dorsev in Jour. Am. Folk- 

 lore, HI, 231, 1890. 



Paiute. A term involved in great con- 

 fusion. In common usage it lias been 

 applied at one time or another to most of 

 the Shoshonean tribes of w. Utah, n. 

 Arizona, s. Idaho, e. Oregon, Nevada, and 

 E. and s. California. The eenerallv ac- 



PAIUTE MAN 



cepted idea is that the term originated 

 from the word pah, 'water,' and Ute, 

 hence ' water Ute' ; or irompai, ' true, ' and 

 Ute — 'true Ute'; but neither of these 

 interpretations is satisfactory. Powell 

 states that the name properly belongs ex- 

 clusively to the Corn Creek tribe of s. w. 

 Utah, but has been extended to include 

 many other tribes. In the present case 

 the term is employed as a convenient 

 divisional name for the tribes occupying 

 s. w. Utah from about the locality of 

 Beaver, the s. w. part of Nevada, and the 



