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pale-blue) triangle with a stripe across its point represents a 

 female dress (evidently that of the little girl who wore the 

 amulet). The golden-yellow background and the black stripe 

 around it represent (the color of) the girl's hair respectively as 

 it is now in her youth (lier hair being light brown) and as it 

 will be when she has grown older. On the other side (Fig. 6) 

 the stripes or lines represent navel-strings. The green 

 and blue single lines of beads at the seam or edge of the 

 pouch represent sinew. The loose pendants of large beads 

 represent navel-strings; the shells at their ends represent 

 teeth. 



In addition to the representation of a frog, there are three 

 lines of symbolism in this object. First, teeth and color of 

 hair are often used in symbolism to denote age, and express 

 a wish for old age; the toy bags, and possibly the dress and 

 navel-strings, also refer to the age of childhood. Secondly, 

 the dress, and perhaps the sinew (which serves as thread, 

 and therefore denotes sewing, woman's occupation), sym- 

 bolize sex. Thirdly, the navel, and therefore also the navel- 

 strings, syinbolize the human being (ini'ta"). 



It will be seen from these figures that the navel-amulet of 

 the conventional diamond form has a pair of strings at the 

 sides, which denote the legs or fins of the animal represented. 

 When a lizard, frog, or fish is represented, these strings aid 

 the slight similarity of the pouch to the animal; but when a 

 tadpole is represented, as in Fig. 3, it is evident that their 

 effect is the opposite, and that their presence is due to 

 the prevalence, in this point, of stylistic convention over 

 accuracy of symbolism. But a specimen like the first one 

 described (Fig. i) shows the opposite predominance of repre- 

 sentative accuracy over decorative convention. From this it 

 would seem that there is always some tendency toward real- 

 istic symbolism, and some toward ornamental convention, but 

 that the relative proportion of the two varies considerably in 

 different individuals making decorated objects. 



One-half of the front of a bead-covered waistcoat is shown 

 in Fig. 8. This garment is of course modem. The figures 

 that may be described as inverted Y's are sticks or racks set 



