1902.] Kroeber, The Arapaho. 1 1 1 



stripes enclosing the design are rivers, red portions of them 

 denoting river-banks of red soil. Minute black marks cross- 

 ing these stripes represent paths. 



Fig. I of Plate xx shows a bag which appears to have been 

 made out of one end of a parfleche. The design is also a 

 typical parfleche design. In the middle are two long flat 

 triangles which are green; these represent grass-covered 

 mountains. In each there is a pentagonal white area, which 

 denotes a cave or hole in the mountain, and black pointed 

 marks, which represent buffalo in the cave, from which they 

 are supposed originally to have come. At the two sides of 

 the pattern, mountains are also represented. The yellow 

 acute triangles represent tents, and three red teeth at the base 

 of each are its pegs. Lines and stripes denote paths, and the 

 white portions of the design signify water. 



In the parfleche design shown in Fig. 2, Plate xx, the cir- 

 cles, a very unusual ornamental figure in rawhide painting, 

 represent lakes. They also represent buffalo-eyes. Near 

 them, the triangles with the three-toothed bases are tents 

 with their tent-pegs. A row of black dots just above the 

 base of the tent represents people inside. Two small green 

 triangles just above this row of dots are the dew-claws of 

 buffalo. Along the two sides of the design, right-angled 

 and equilateral triangles represent mountains. The double 

 blue lines surrounding the whole design are rivers; the 

 white and red stripes between the blue ones are paths. 

 In the middle of the design, extending longitudinally, are 

 two tents. The stripe bisecting them is a path, black 

 dots in which signify tracks. The lower part of each 

 of these middle triangles is divided off by a black line, 

 and forms a 'white quadrilateral area resembling the life- 

 symbol. These areas represent bears' ears, which are used 

 as amulets. Two small black points in each of these figures 

 are also bears' ears. 



Fig. 3 of Plate xx shows the design on a very small par- 

 fleche. The design is bordered by a pattern in four colors. 

 In this border-design red lines, forming aii edging, are paths. 

 The body of the border is green, and represents the earth. 



