1902.] 



Kroeber, The Arapaho. 



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Fig. 7 , a, represents one of a pair of armlets covered with 

 beadwork. Such armlets or sleeve-holders are generally worn 

 chiefly on gala occasions; that is, at dances. The red and 

 green bisected squares represent black beetles with hard 

 elytra. Small loops of beads along the edge represent worms 

 or maggots. The large beads on the two attached strings rep- 



Fig. 7, a (,%), b (iSSj), c (^,). Armlets. 



resent ants. These various insects were represented because 

 they are constantly moving and crawling, just as the people 

 travelled and roamed over the earth. 



One of another pair of armlets is shown in Fig. 7,6. The 

 figure of a bird represents both an eagle (on account of the 

 crooked beak) and a swallow (on account of the forked tail). 

 The squares, both blue and red, are stars. The white ground- 

 work of beads represents haze or smoke ; the blue beading at 

 the edge represents clouds or the sky. 



