1902.] 



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line signifies that the star appears just before daybreak. The 

 yellow painting of the skin represents daylight. The two white 

 beaded stripes up the front of the legging represent the partly 

 divided milky way. The colored designs in these stripes de- 



Fig- 6 (A'V). Girl's Leggings. 



note small stars of many colors along the edge of the milky 

 way. On the moccasin the large, green triangular areas rep- 

 resent the earth in spring. The diamond situated between 

 these green areas is a star supposed to be visible directly over- 

 head at noon. The six diamonds connected by a line passing 



