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  TRIBES 
  OF 
  SIERRA 
  NEVADA 
  — 
  PARK 
  877 
  

  

  Individual 
  men's 
  houses 
  are 
  not 
  usually 
  seen 
  in 
  Cdgaba 
  villages. 
  

   A 
  man 
  may 
  build 
  a 
  house 
  for 
  his 
  wife 
  and 
  children 
  in 
  the 
  village, 
  but 
  

   it 
  is 
  customary 
  for 
  him 
  during 
  his 
  stay 
  to 
  sleep 
  in 
  the 
  temple 
  and 
  spend 
  

   most 
  of 
  his 
  waking 
  hours 
  there, 
  talking 
  with 
  other 
  men 
  or 
  engaged 
  in 
  

   spinning 
  yarn 
  or 
  weaving. 
  

  

  Housing 
  arrangements 
  at 
  the 
  family 
  garden 
  plots 
  follow 
  the 
  same 
  

   sharp 
  sex 
  dichotomy. 
  Each 
  man 
  has 
  his 
  own 
  separate 
  dwelling 
  house, 
  

   which 
  may 
  be 
  shared 
  by 
  his 
  male 
  children 
  but 
  never 
  by 
  females. 
  

   Each 
  wife 
  has 
  a 
  separate 
  house, 
  usually 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  steps 
  away, 
  with 
  

   the 
  door 
  facing 
  the 
  entrance 
  to 
  the 
  husband's 
  house. 
  Husbands 
  are 
  

   not 
  supposed 
  to 
  enter 
  these 
  houses. 
  In 
  recent 
  years, 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  

   a 
  noticeable 
  tendency 
  among 
  men 
  to 
  ignore 
  this 
  rule 
  when 
  under 
  the 
  

   influence 
  of 
  alcohol 
  at 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  community 
  drinking 
  bouts, 
  but 
  even 
  

   on 
  these 
  occasions 
  women 
  still 
  do 
  not 
  enter 
  the 
  temple 
  even 
  if 
  no 
  

   priest 
  (mama) 
  is 
  in 
  residence, 
  and 
  the 
  building 
  serves 
  only 
  as 
  a 
  dormi- 
  

   tory 
  for 
  the 
  men. 
  

  

  The 
  entrances 
  to 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  Cdgaba 
  villages 
  are 
  marked 
  by 
  sub- 
  

   stantially 
  constructed, 
  thatch-roofed 
  gateways 
  closed 
  by 
  double 
  slab 
  

   doors. 
  (See 
  Bolinder, 
  1925, 
  pi. 
  5.) 
  In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  lea 
  of 
  Pauruba 
  

   (San 
  Sebastian) 
  (pi. 
  184, 
  bottom), 
  a 
  fence 
  to 
  keep 
  out 
  animals 
  sur- 
  

   rounds 
  the 
  settlement. 
  At 
  San 
  Miguel, 
  the 
  fence 
  extends 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  

   feet 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  gate, 
  and 
  at 
  Palomino 
  no 
  fence 
  had 
  been 
  built. 
  

   It 
  is, 
  therefore, 
  likely 
  that 
  the 
  Cdgaba 
  have 
  come 
  to 
  regard 
  these 
  gates 
  

   as 
  symbolic 
  of 
  the 
  entrances 
  to 
  the 
  village. 
  

  

  Household 
  furniture. 
  — 
  Household 
  furniture 
  in 
  the 
  Sierra 
  Nevada 
  

   is 
  simple. 
  Among 
  the 
  Cdgaba, 
  it 
  consists 
  of 
  low 
  wooden 
  stools, 
  a 
  few 
  

   crude 
  pottery 
  cooking 
  vessels, 
  gourd 
  water 
  containers, 
  flat 
  grinding 
  

   stones, 
  open-net 
  storage 
  bags, 
  or 
  mochilas, 
  suspended 
  on 
  wooden 
  hooks, 
  

   and 
  an 
  occasional 
  woven 
  basket 
  containing 
  personal 
  possessions. 
  The 
  

   sleeping 
  equipment 
  differs 
  with 
  the 
  sex 
  of 
  the 
  occupant: 
  loosely 
  

   netted 
  hammocks 
  for 
  men 
  and 
  boys, 
  untanned 
  skins 
  or 
  woven 
  reed 
  

   mats 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  floor 
  for 
  women. 
  The 
  open 
  cooking 
  place, 
  formed 
  

   by 
  three 
  stones, 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  room. 
  The 
  house 
  may 
  also 
  

   have 
  large 
  earthenware 
  vessels 
  or 
  the 
  canoe-shaped 
  wooden 
  container 
  

   used 
  in 
  preparing 
  fermented 
  beverages. 
  The 
  tools, 
  implements, 
  

   musical 
  instruments, 
  and 
  other 
  paraphernalia 
  usually 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   houses 
  depend 
  upon 
  the 
  sex 
  of 
  the 
  occupant. 
  The 
  contents 
  of 
  the 
  

   lea 
  houses 
  differ 
  only 
  in 
  slight 
  detail 
  from 
  those 
  just 
  described 
  (Bo- 
  

   linder, 
  1925, 
  p. 
  26 
  ff., 
  table 
  10, 
  pt. 
  2, 
  and 
  tables 
  13, 
  14, 
  15, 
  16), 
  and 
  

   probably 
  the 
  furniture 
  of 
  other 
  tribes 
  of 
  the 
  region 
  was 
  similar. 
  

  

  The 
  cansamaria, 
  or 
  temple, 
  is 
  invariably 
  furnished 
  with 
  a 
  loom, 
  

   stools, 
  and 
  long 
  low 
  benches, 
  each 
  made 
  from 
  a 
  single 
  log, 
  and 
  at 
  least 
  

   two 
  fireplaces 
  to 
  provide 
  heat. 
  In 
  addition, 
  if 
  a 
  priest 
  (mama) 
  is 
  in 
  

   residence, 
  his 
  masks, 
  other 
  religious 
  paraphernalia, 
  and 
  personal 
  

   possessions 
  are 
  stored 
  in 
  boxlike 
  covered 
  baskets. 
  Bags, 
  or 
  mochilas, 
  

  

  