members of the chief's family, the subdivisions of the tribe, or 

 the officers of the council. This symbolism has, however, been 

 almost totally forgotten except by a few of the older people. 

 It has been completely submerged by the vague floral symbolism 

 mentioned before. Where the simple double-curve represents 

 an enclosure, the interior ornaments, in the shape of leaf-like 

 ovals, diamond, spurs, or zigzags, stand for the particular things 

 conceived of within the enclosure. These may be persons, off- 

 icers, villages, or tribes. Where clusters of the double-curve 

 figures appear it may be back to back, side to side, or in other 

 relations they denote the bonds of alliance in a general way. 

 It is only in a few special instances that definite interpretations 

 can be given to the ornaments within the curves, as in some of 

 the chief's regalia capes or collars, where the interior ornaments 

 stand for the members of his family who may be eligible to inherit 

 his office, his councilmen and subordinate chiefs. 



Where these designs function most seriously is upon the 

 articles of regalia worn by chiefs during the ceremonies. We 

 have several interesting specimens of these. One in particular 

 is a mourning cape to be worn by one of the chief officers in the 

 ceremony of electing a new chief (Plate I). The idea here is that 

 the assembly is in mourning for the deceased chief and the mourn- 

 ing remains on the people until the new chief is elected. This ex- 

 ample represents that stage of the ceremony preceding the actual 

 election, while the mourning is still on. The cape itself may be 

 divided into three areas, the outer area, with a purely decorative 

 ribbon applique, the whole inner circumference, including the 

 long ends, embroidered with a maze of scrolls and double-curves, 

 and the lower central area in which may be seen double-curve 

 enclosures, within which are a number of minor ornaments and 

 a diamond shaped figure, the whole filled in between the lines 

 of white beadwork with a dark ribbon interior. The inner border 

 area (Fig. 5, b) represents in general the different villages, family 

 and tribal units gathered for the occasion and bound together 

 by the ties of friendship. It is in the lower central area (Fig. 5, a) 

 that we strike the main significance of the design. Here the 

 darkened central triangle denotes the place of mourning, that is, 

 the village at Oldtown where the deceased chief is being replaced 

 by his successor. The other oval-like ornaments, spurs and trian- 



