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Ike use ok paint ssems to kave keen considerable. Ex cept, kowever, in tke girl's puberty eereinonies, it was useci mainly Lt dances. Wkite cla^, a reddisk clav, or a keep red stone, knel^ powdered, a species ok kunZus ok a brilliant red eoior xrowinA on dr-trees ckieklv, and ckarcoal, seem to kave keen tks paints in use. Ike pigment was mixed witk water or Arease wken wanted, klo elaborate bod^-paintin^ was practised b^ tks Naidu, tks paint beinA applied eitker uni- korml^ over tks wkole bodv, or parts ok it, or in rouxk streaks or dots. 'tattooing was practised perkaps somewkat more commonly amon§ tke blortkern Naidu tkan amonx tks soutkern members ok tke stock. Women were more oktsn and mors elaborately tattooed tkan men. ^s a rule, tke women kad tkrse, 6vs, or seven vertical lines on tke ckin. In tke Sacramento Valley region two marks were also mads on tks ckeeks, running oblic^uel^ downward krom tks ckeek-bones toward tke corners ok tke moutk, and lines were also made on tks breast. In tkis section and in tke koot-kills, lines or dots were made occasion ally on tke backs ok tke kands. ^mon^ tke klortkeastern Naidu, women were not so commonly tattooed as in tks rest ok tks area. Nen occasionally kad one or two vertical lines on tks ckin, but more commonly kad a single line, about two inckes in lsn^tk, rising vertically krom tke root ok tks nose, d'ke^ also krs^uentl^ kad rows ok dots on tke breast, arm, or abdomen. It is said tkat sometimes botk men and women kad mors elaborate designs, suck as tkose called in basketry "d^inx Zesse" and "^nail-tip." Luck designs Ka vs, kow- sver, not been seen, ^kke metkod used in tattooing was not always tks same, ^.monx tks Lacramsnto Valley portion ok tks klortkwestern Naidu tke designs were made bv making kne parallel cuts witk a small skarp klaks ok klint or obsid ian, and tken rubbing ckarcoal into tks cuts so mads, tks ckarcoal used in tkis region kor tke purpose bein^ obtained Mnerallvkrom tks wild nutmeg (7'anrrba (Iresne). Lometimss a rsddisk pigment was used, obtained krom a roasted and pulverised rock. Designs made in tkis manner rarely skow solid color, and tke individual cuts can usually