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Symbolism
the central Pomo call them crow-foot or crow-track; the eastern
Pomo, zigzag or marks of the east. The design e is called quail-
plumes; / and h, by the northern Pomo, “sharp points and in the
middle striped water snake”; the central Pomo call them “similar
Fig. 105. Drawn work, Mexico.
to slender arrow heads”, and the single triangles, turtle-neck. The
eastern Pomo call the designs butterfly and “in the middle (gaya)
striped water snake”. The design g is called by the northern Pomo,
empty spaces and quail tip patterns; by the eastern Pomo, butterfly
and quail plumes; i by the central Pomo quail plumes arrowhead.
This usage corresponds to our terms when we speak, for instance,
of the “egg and dart” design. Among the Shetland Islanders patterns
Symbolism
the central Pomo call them crow-foot or crow-track; the eastern
Pomo, zigzag or marks of the east. The design e is called quail-
plumes; / and h, by the northern Pomo, “sharp points and in the
middle striped water snake”; the central Pomo call them “similar
Fig. 105. Drawn work, Mexico.
to slender arrow heads”, and the single triangles, turtle-neck. The
eastern Pomo call the designs butterfly and “in the middle (gaya)
striped water snake”. The design g is called by the northern Pomo,
empty spaces and quail tip patterns; by the eastern Pomo, butterfly
and quail plumes; i by the central Pomo quail plumes arrowhead.
This usage corresponds to our terms when we speak, for instance,
of the “egg and dart” design. Among the Shetland Islanders patterns