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and horizontal sections are very rare. No interpretation has been 
found for them. 
In spite of their different derivation, zigzags composed of vertical 
and horizontal sections, whether narrow or broad, are invariably 
given the common interpretations of snake track, worm, grasshopper, 
or occasionally lightning (sketches 128 to 131). No name could be 
found for a zigzag of three lines in close formation, such as is shown 
in sketch 132. The pyramid zigzag (sketches 133, 134) is more often 
considered as a mountain or necklace pattern, but it may be called 
simply zigzag. Rarely it is thought to be a caterpillar. 
The chevron.—The chevron, point down, is called arrowpoint, 
angle, or butterfly wing (sketches 135 to 137). The last figure is 
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sometimes termed necklace or broken middle. In vertical arrange- 
ment inclosed by parallel lines, whether turning up or down, whether 
broad or narrow, plain or accompanied by an enlargement at the 
apex into a “knob” figure, the interpretation given is arrowpoint 
or arrowhead. Sketches 138 to 148 illustrate these designs. Chey- 
rons connected by a vertical line passing through their pomts when 
turned upward are naturally known as trees or branches (sketches 
144, 145). Lying sidewise they become wave or simply angle, or 
part of the zigzag; in series they are waves of one turn, bent leg, 
broken back, grasshopper, or ribs, and as such may be facing all one 
way or in two series, away from each other (sketches 146 to 148). 
Facing each other (sketch 149) they have been interpreted as angles 
or arrowpoints. Connected by horizontal lines passing through 
