BARRETT— POMO BUILDINGS 



natural crotch or a notch appeared at the top of each and held the 

 stringers, which in turn supported the rafters. All important joints 

 or crossings were bound with grape-vine. As a support for the wall 

 of the pit, posts were placed about three and a half feet apart and a 

 retaining wall of stones laid in mud mortar was built entirely around 

 it. The roof was of tule mats covered with earth. See plates vn 

 and viii. 



Fig. 3. — The fixed positions in the dance house. 



The painting was of the typical "dream" type. That of the center- 

 pole consisted of eleven bands, seven red and four white, each about 

 three and a half to four inches wide. Four lines ran spirally around it 

 from left to right, and another four from right to left. Each made two 

 complete revolutions of the pole as it went from bottom to top, and 

 each was about an inch in width. These lines were alternately red 

 and white. Each of the side posts was painted with two white and 

 four red bands similar to those on the center-pole. Each of the 



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