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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [ETH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  weaving, 
  vegetal 
  fiber 
  inclosing 
  a 
  small 
  piece 
  of 
  mica 
  and 
  tied 
  up 
  

   with 
  shed 
  buffalo 
  hair 
  and 
  swan's-down 
  (fig. 
  119, 
  d; 
  Peabody 
  Museum 
  

   no. 
  48286), 
  and 
  a 
  red 
  stone 
  concretion 
  attached 
  to 
  a 
  long 
  thong 
  (fig. 
  

   119,/; 
  Peabody 
  Museum 
  no. 
  4S287). 
  

  

  The 
  sixtli 
  bag 
  (fig. 
  121; 
  Peabody 
  Museum 
  no. 
  4s2!)5) 
  measures 
  

   only 
  4 
  by 
  2f 
  inches; 
  it 
  contained 
  small 
  skin 
  bundles 
  in 
  which 
  were 
  

   galena, 
  green 
  paint, 
  and 
  carbonate 
  of 
  copper. 
  These 
  bundles, 
  which 
  

   were 
  tied 
  together, 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  illustration, 
  projecting 
  from 
  

   the 
  bag. 
  

  

  Besides 
  the 
  foregoing 
  articles 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  tobacco 
  bag 
  (fig. 
  122, 
  a; 
  

   Peabody 
  Museum 
  no. 
  4781s) 
  embroidered 
  with 
  porcupine 
  quills. 
  The 
  

   groundwork 
  is 
  yellow, 
  the 
  figure 
  of 
  the 
  eagle 
  is 
  in 
  red, 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  

   the 
  tail, 
  the 
  wings, 
  ami 
  the 
  beak 
  white. 
  The 
  border 
  is 
  of 
  alternating 
  

  

  Fig. 
  lis. 
  Bag 
  found 
  in 
  pack 
  (fig. 
  113). 
  

  

  blocks 
  of 
  white 
  and 
  reddish 
  yellow, 
  and 
  the 
  fringe 
  is 
  of 
  buckskin. 
  

   Near 
  the 
  bag 
  lay 
  a 
  figure 
  cut 
  from 
  dressed 
  skin, 
  about 
  f 
  7 
  J 
  inches 
  long 
  

   (lig. 
  122, 
  b; 
  Peabody 
  Museum 
  no. 
  47S19). 
  The 
  headdress 
  is 
  slightly 
  

   more 
  than 
  2} 
  inches 
  in 
  height. 
  The 
  arms 
  measure 
  about 
  4V 
  inches 
  in 
  

   length. 
  The 
  figure 
  is 
  cut 
  into 
  two 
  parts 
  and 
  sewed 
  up 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  

   of 
  the 
  arms, 
  legs 
  and 
  body, 
  and 
  head, 
  making 
  it 
  a 
  bag 
  with 
  separate 
  

   compartments. 
  A 
  slit 
  in 
  the 
  back 
  afforded 
  the 
  opening 
  through 
  which 
  

   articles 
  could 
  be. 
  inserted 
  or 
  withdrawn. 
  This 
  figure 
  remained 
  a 
  puzzle 
  

   to 
  the 
  writers 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  time. 
  Finally 
  its 
  photograph 
  was 
  recognized 
  

   by 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Shell 
  society 
  and 
  its 
  purpose 
  was 
  explained 
  by 
  

   Pe'degahi, 
  an 
  old 
  chief, 
  no 
  longer 
  living, 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Shell 
  

   society, 
  who 
  had 
  seen 
  this 
  figure 
  used 
  by 
  Big 
  Elk 
  (the 
  latter 
  died 
  in 
  

  

  