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be said that there are but two elements involved, the rectangle and the 
triangle. 
The decoration in figure 305 consists of rectangular and triangular 
figures, the latter so closely approximated as to leave zigzag lines in 
Fic. 305—S-form with interdigitating spurs 
white. These lines are simply highly modified breaks in bands which 
join in other designs, and lead by comparison to the so-called “line of 
life” which many of these figures illustrate. 
F1G. 306—Square with rectangles and parallel lines 
The distinctive feature of figure 306 is the e square, with rectangular 
designs appended to diagonally opposite angles and small triangles at 
intermediate corners. These designs have a distant resemblance to 
Fia, 307—Rectangles, triangles, stars, and feathers 
figures later referred to as highly conventionalized birds, although 
they may be merely simple geometrical patterns which have lost their 
symbolic meaning. 
F 1G. 308—Crook, feathers, and parallel lines 
Figure 307 shows a complicated design, introducing at least two 
elements in addition to rectangles and triangles. One of these is a 
