BARRETT— POMO BUILDINGS 



housed several families, usually quite closely related. Each two fam- 

 ilies ordinarily had an independent door and fire, while a single baking- 

 pit sufficed for all. No partitions were used. One informant described 

 an elliptical, tule house of this kind in which he lived at Mama'mamau 

 when a boy. This house, which was about twenty by forty feet in 

 dimensions, had five fires and five doors, and sat on a knoll which 

 projected out into Tule lake. Figure I shows a ground-plan of this 

 house made from a drawing by the informant. The positions are as 

 follows: 



Fig. i. — Ground-plan of a tule-thatched communal house. 



A, Position of the informant and his "grandfather" (i.e. his mother's father's 

 uncle). 



B, Informant's mother and stepfather. 



c, Informant's grandfather's stepdaughter and husband. 



d, An old couple, distantly related to the informant. 

 E, An old man and a boy. 



f, Informant's grandfather and wife. 



G, A distant relative of the informant, his wife, and daughter. 



h, An old couple. 



I, An old couple, relatives of the informant's grandfather's wife. 



j, A young couple, also relatives of the informant's grandfather's wife. 



Each of the fires was about four feet from the door, and the wood 

 was stored, usually on end, just outside the door, though a small 

 amount for immediate use was kept near the fire, as at z, or some other 

 equally convenient point within the house. The large space (y) was 

 used for the storage of bulky things, such as acorn storage baskets, 

 dried fish, basketry materials, and other articles requiring much space. 

 A considerable supply of food, particularly of the more choice kinds, 

 and all personal effects, were kept near the wall by their owner's fire. 



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