Design reproduced from that on Hidatsa-Mandan skin bag (see preceding page), in rich and contrasting 

 although subdued coloring. The simplicity and directness in Indian design hold many valuable lessons for present- 

 day designers, and painted skin bags and robes provide unusually inspiring motives for modern work, especially 

 perhaps for the worker in leather and various fabrics. The American Museum offers a vast wealth of material 

 in Indian decoration for the student of modern design 



Sauk and Fox would be fascinating for "glorified patchwork," the silk applique 



nursery linen, and are similar in charac- of the Menominee Indians, although 



ter to the well-known Coptic embroid- rather crude in execution, w^ill be most 



eries. To the worker in applique, or suggesttive. The embroidery of the Hopi 



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