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greater portion of the designs have only pattern names which are 

 unexplained. Many designs are readily identified as men and alligators. 

 In Fig. 41 the forms marked a are identified as men and women, while 

 the conventionalized crocodile is shown in the same plates by the figures 

 marked b. Fig. 42 is perhaps the most interesting since it shows in one 

 garment the process of conventionalization. Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4, are 

 realistic representations of the human form; in 5 and 6 the heads are 



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FIG. 41. 



DESIGNS EMBROIDERED ON MEN'S CLOTHING. 



lacking but the figures are easily recognized, while the balance have 

 lost all resemblance to the original, except for the uplifted arms and 

 spread legs. However, the great majority of decorative patterns on 

 clothing are without meaning to the mass of the people, and this is 

 true also of the designs on baskets, in mats, the incised designs often 

 seen on pottery jars, and of the carvings which frequently cover hangers, 

 tobacco tubes, and the like. 



