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eagles sitting on the tent-poles. Between them is the morn- 

 ing-star cross. Above, covered in the illustration by the 

 fringe of tin rattles, is a beaded design representing a rack on 

 which meat is dried. It consists of a stripe of blue beads, 

 from which three inverted T-shaped figures descend, the stem 

 of the T being composed of four beads, while the cross-bar has 

 three beads. The figures in the white stripe on the flap 

 denote stars. 



In Fig. 24, a, the large design near the lower edge is the 

 bear's foot, generally conventionally represented by the 



Fig. 24, a (JW)> i C»W). c (All)- Women's Small Belt-pouches. \ nat. size. 



Arapaho with only three claws. Square pink spots on the 

 body of the design are the bare skin on the sole pf the foot. 

 The white beadwork is sand or soil. The curved band on 

 the flap is a mountain. The leather fringe at the bottom of 

 the pouch represents trees. 



On another pouch (Fig. 24, b) the white is sand. Green 

 beading at the edges, on account of its color, denotes timber. 

 Two designs that may be described as compressed crosses rep- 

 resent the morning star. Squares on the flap are rocks. The 



