ghiltaatcʾ1n atattoo"Both sexes generally had perpendicular lines tattooed on the face and the chest." (Curtis, 1924, 183)
"Bill [Ray] has narrow line tattooed from bottom of nose to hole of ear on each cheek" (Goddard, 1902 FN, Villages, p.22) (barely visible in Curtis photo)
"tattooed on (man's) breast of Charlie above breast oblique used to measure money" (Goddard, 1902 FN, NB IV, p.44, includes diagram)
"A lot of the old Indian ladies had that tattoo on their chin. Velma and them’s aunt had three of them. One here and one in the middle and one here. One, one, one down here on her chin. I guess those were Cahto marks. I don’t know why they had them there, but that was just like marking of them for their tribe or something, I guess." (Florence (Willits) Bowen, Russell & Levene, 1991, p.52)
"The fresh leaves of any kind of grass were formerly used in tattooing, the green juice being pricked into the skin with a needle [bone needle]" (Chesnut, 1902, p.311)
"All kinds of soot are used in tattooing, but that from burning pine pitch is especially esteemed. The design is pricked into the skin by means of a sharpened piece of bone ... and the soot is then rubbed in thoroughly." (Chesnut, 1902, p.308)mattcʾishsoottlʾoh 1grassyeehlitceeʾsootrel.tsʾing-saahaal 2bone awl5.4Adornment5.4.6.2Tattooing2n amark8.3.1.8Pattern, design3n apicture, image, drawing6.6.5.2Photography6.6.5.1Draw, paint4n aletter, writing3.5.7.2Written material6.6.3.3Working with paper5adjmarked, spotteddial. var.yiltaatcʾder. of..ghiltaatcʾbe marked=iNRwiltuch' "a tattoo"Tahs 'Paint'; 'Tattoo marks' [SS-M]Source forms: g͡hŭ́l‑tatsyĭltatcYil´-tahts, Yel ́-tahtch ́gûl tatcyultats
"Bill [Ray] has narrow line tattooed from bottom of nose to hole of ear on each cheek" (Goddard, 1902 FN, Villages, p.22) (barely visible in Curtis photo)
"tattooed on (man's) breast of Charlie above breast oblique used to measure money" (Goddard, 1902 FN, NB IV, p.44, includes diagram)
"A lot of the old Indian ladies had that tattoo on their chin. Velma and them’s aunt had three of them. One here and one in the middle and one here. One, one, one down here on her chin. I guess those were Cahto marks. I don’t know why they had them there, but that was just like marking of them for their tribe or something, I guess." (Florence (Willits) Bowen, Russell & Levene, 1991, p.52)
"The fresh leaves of any kind of grass were formerly used in tattooing, the green juice being pricked into the skin with a needle [bone needle]" (Chesnut, 1902, p.311)
"All kinds of soot are used in tattooing, but that from burning pine pitch is especially esteemed. The design is pricked into the skin by means of a sharpened piece of bone ... and the soot is then rubbed in thoroughly." (Chesnut, 1902, p.308)mattcʾishsoottlʾoh 1grassyeehlitceeʾsootrel.tsʾing-saahaal 2bone awl5.4Adornment5.4.6.2Tattooing2n amark8.3.1.8Pattern, design3n apicture, image, drawing6.6.5.2Photography6.6.5.1Draw, paint4n aletter, writing3.5.7.2Written material6.6.3.3Working with paper5adjmarked, spotteddial. var.yiltaatcʾder. of..ghiltaatcʾbe marked=iNRwiltuch' "a tattoo"Tahs 'Paint'; 'Tattoo marks' [SS-M]Source forms: g͡hŭ́l‑tatsyĭltatcYil´-tahts, Yel ́-tahtch ́gûl tatcyultats
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