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others, and more delicate in ornamentation. The two orna- 

 ments, placed symmetrically, one on each side of the square 

 white field, are worked chiefly in green; the design between 

 them is mostly blue. At the centre of this last design there 

 is a cross, the Arapaho word for which means also "morning 



Fig. 27 (iSSs). Toilet-pouch. Height, 42.5 cm. 



star." The notched marks adjacent to this represent clouds, 

 also the heart. A few brass beads within these figures denote 

 the gleaming of the cloud. The three-pronged figures at the 

 ends are bear's claws (wasixta). The line connecting this with 

 the cloud-symbol is the bear's leg. In the lateral figures, the 



