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" X. Montagnais beaded sealskin tobacco pouches End 



" XI. a Montagnais woman's cap, Bersimis type 



b Montagnais beaded sealskin shoulder bag, lined with 



caribou skin and trimmed with marten 



" XII. a Montagnais beaded cloth bag 



b Montagnais beaded cloth bag 



" c Montagnais cloth powder sack, embroidered 



d Montagnais beaded sealskin tobacco pouch 



" XIII. a Montagnais beaded band for hunter's shot pouch.. 



b Montagnais beaded band for hunter's shot pouch . . . 



c Montagnais silk-embroidered band for hunter's shot 



pouch 



" XIV. a Mistassini beaded pouch 



b Mistassini beaded pouch 



c Mistassini beaded pouch 



d Mistassini beaded piece for cap decoration 



" XV. Naskapi or Mistassini beaded shot pouch 



" XVI. a Wyandot beaded purse 



b Wyandot beaded moccasin 



c Wyandot buckskin beaded basket 



" XVII. a Huron winter moccasin 



b Huron slipper with moose-hair embroidery 



" XVIII. Osage beaded moccasin 



Figure 1. Some varieties of the elementary unit 



" 2. Double-curve designs graded according to complexity . . . 



" 3. Design from Penobscot cradle-board 



" 4. Penobscot double-curve designs 



" 5. (a) Penobscot double-curve design denoting central place 

 of mourning in ceremony over a dead chief 



(b) Double-curve design denoting union of tribes assem- 

 bled for ceremony 



6. Malecite double-curve designs 



7. Passamaquoddy double-curve designs 



8. Micmac double-curve designs 



9. Micmac double-curve designs 



10. Iroquois double-curve designs 



11. (a) Delaware double-curve designs 



(b) Mohegan double-curve design 



(c) Mohegan example of double-curve 



(d) St. Francis Abenaki double-curve designs 



12. Naskapi double-curve designs 



13. (a) Double-curve design from Naskapi woman's hat .... 

 (b) Eskimo double-curve design 



14. Detail of braided wool cord used for embroidery by the 



Montagnais 



15. Montagnais (Lake St. John) double-curve designs, etched 



on birch bark 



16. Montagnais (Bersimis) double-curve designs 



