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  manner 
  intended 
  as 
  a 
  symbolic 
  representation 
  of 
  a 
  vision. 
  (Fig. 
  76.) 
  

   Such 
  a 
  decoration 
  partook 
  of 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  a 
  prayer. 
  The 
  bridles 
  

  

  Fig. 
  77. 
  Painting 
  a 
  tent 
  cover. 
  

  

  of 
  horses 
  were 
  sometimes 
  ornamented 
  and 
  occasionally 
  the 
  young 
  

   men 
  decked 
  the 
  manes 
  and 
  tails 
  of 
  their 
  animals 
  with 
  bright 
  ribbons 
  or 
  

  

  bands 
  painted 
  in 
  gay 
  colors. 
  

   Women 
  embroidered 
  the 
  

   cruppers 
  for 
  their 
  horses, 
  

   which 
  were 
  cut 
  in 
  such 
  fash- 
  

   ion 
  as 
  to 
  spread 
  over 
  the 
  sides 
  

   of 
  the 
  animals, 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  

   the 
  accompanying 
  illustra- 
  

   tion. 
  (PI. 
  4S). 
  This 
  crupper 
  

   formerly 
  belonged 
  to 
  an 
  

   Omaha 
  woman 
  by 
  whom 
  it 
  

   was 
  used 
  some 
  fifty 
  years 
  

   ago. 
  

  

  Men 
  outlined 
  designs 
  on 
  

  

  their 
  tent 
  covers. 
  These 
  rep- 
  

  

  fig. 
  78. 
  Paintbrush. 
  resented 
  symbolically 
  their 
  

  

  visions 
  and 
  so 
  were 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  mere 
  decoration, 
  as 
  they 
  implied 
  

  

  an 
  invocation 
  in 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  household. 
  In 
  the 
  putting 
  on 
  of 
  

  

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