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in existence. Among the Shoshone, Bannock, and Ute, the 

 writer has not seen any tent-omaments. The Blackfeet also 

 did not use them. 



A Cheyenne tent-omament in the American Museum of 

 Natural History exactly resembles the Arapaho one illus- 

 trated in Plate ix, Fig. 2, except that blue is substituted for 

 the white. Another Cheyenne tent-omament seen by the 



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Fig. 10. 

 Figs. 10 (T88ob), 



Fig. II. 

 [ (^). Tent-ornaments. Length, 27 cm., 23 cm. 



writer was identical with these two, except that it was green 

 where these were respectively white and blue. 



It appears that the combination of red, yellow, black, and 

 white, while not confined to the Arapaho, is more character- 

 istic of their tribal ornamentation than of that of their neigh- 

 bors. When green is used by the Arapaho in the embroidery 

 of such tribally-decorated objects, it may replace either red 

 or white. 



Designs and color combinations very similar to those of 

 tent-ornaments are found on other objects in which a highly 

 conventional style of quill-embroidery formerly prevailed. 



