1902.] 



Kroeber, The Arapaho. 



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beaver. That shown in Fig. 30 is made of the skin of a buf- 

 falo calf. Around the opening, a band of beadwork, with red 

 squares in it, represents the camp-circle. Plum-pits attached 

 to the bag near this beadwork represent burrs sticking in the 

 hair of buffalo. At the lower end, a small beaded attachment 

 represents the tail of a bufiEalo. 



Bags of soft pliable hide are used for keeping and transport- 

 ing clothing and similar arti- 

 cles. They are beaded along 

 two edges and on the cover. 

 Sometimes the front is also 

 covered with embroidery in 

 beads or quills. These bags 

 must be distinguished from 

 rawhide bags, which are stiff 

 and hard, and painted instead 

 of embroidered. Rawhide 

 bags and parfleches are some- 

 times used to hold clothing 

 and household articles, but 

 seem primarily intended for 

 food. 



Plate XVI shows such a 

 bag. The five-colored pattern 

 which extends along each 

 end of the bag is typical. 

 In this specimen the longi- 

 tudinal stripes were said to 

 represent the marks of tent- 

 poles on the ground; that is, 

 camp - trails. The shorter 

 transverse stripes are ra- 

 vines; that is, camping-places. The squares are life-symbols. 

 On the flap forming the cover the symbolism is the same. 

 On the front of the bag the horizontal lines of quill-work, 

 which resemble the lines on buffalo-robes, are paths. 

 Bunches of feathers on these lines represent bufialo-meat 

 hung up to dry. Adjoining the beadwork are small tin 



Fig. 30 (iSSi)- HideBag. 



