1902.] 



Kroeber, The Arapaho. 



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represent the pendants on the tent alongside of these pins, 

 lower down than those referred to at the top of the tent. 



Quill-embroidered cradles have been seen by the writer only 

 among the northern Arapaho. Beaded cradles, which are 

 used among both portions of theJ 

 tribe, are very different in design| 

 and symbolism. 



A beaded cradle is shown in 

 Fig. 15. Dark-blue triangles rep- 

 resent tents. Green rectangles, 

 with three projections at each 

 end, represent brush-shelters or 

 sun-shades, with the poles on which 

 they stand. A long red stripe is 

 a path. Around the edge of the 

 cradle are marks that are blue, 

 red, and yellow. These represent 

 piles of stones marking the extent 

 of the camp-circle. At the bot- 

 tom a border passing completely 

 around the cradle represents the 

 camp-circle of tents. At the very 

 top an attached square with a 

 broad cross in it represents the 

 morning star. In a similar square 

 from the top of a Cheyenne 

 cradle, Ehrenreich ' found designs 

 that had a highly abstract sig- 

 nificance. 



A Sioux cradle in the American 

 Museum of Natural History bears 

 a resemblance to this one that 

 is very remarkable. Nothing is 

 known of the symbolism attached 

 to this cradle by the Sioux. 



Fig. 16 shows a figure in the shape of a tent-ornament, 

 which was intended to be attached to the head of a cradle. 



Fig. 15 (ifAV 

 Length, 69 cm. 



Beaded Cradle. 



'■ Ethnologisches Notizblatt, 1899, II, i, p. 37. 



