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cherries, which the bears eat. On the back, the blue Hnes 

 at the edge are rivers, along which the cherries grow;. On the 

 cover-flap the blue lines have the sarne signification, while the 

 red segments bordering them are the red banks of the rivers. 

 Fig. s, Plate xxi, shows the design on the front of a very 

 small hide bag, probably intended for a little girl to use in 

 picking berries. The design is very similar to the two last 

 described, but the symbolism is different. The triangles, it 

 is true, represent in this case also mountains; and the small 

 squares in them, caves in the mountains. But the two rec- 

 tangles with the three- toothed ends were said to represent, 

 not bear-feet, as their form would lead one to expect, but 

 steep, high mountains, the narrow white space between them 

 being a deep canyon. The yellow area within the rectangles 

 represents earth. The blue lines at the top and bottom of the 

 design represent "the lowest ground." The back of this bag 

 is not shown in the illustration. It resembles exactly the 

 back of the bag shown in Fig. 34, a; but whereas the design in 

 that case represented a ceremonial hoop, in this case it repre- 

 sents the earth, or its four ends or directions (haneisa"). It 

 should be added, however, that this ceremonial hoop is itself a 

 symbol of the earth. 



Three square, rather small bags, with very similar designs, 

 are shown in Figs, i, 2, and 4 of Plate xxi. In, Fig. i the 

 two equilateral yellow and red triangles situated at the middle 

 of the sides of the bag represent the heart. Two diamonds in 

 the middle of the design, each consisting of two triangles, 

 represent the morning star. At both ends of these diamonds 

 are trapezoidal figures, one half red and one half green. 

 These represent the body, also the life-symbol, also tents. 

 The straight lines bordering the design, and trisecting it, 

 are rivers. On the cover the small red triangle is again the 

 heart. The line following the edge of the cover is a mountain. 



Fig. 2, Plate xxi, shows a medicine-bag. As in most medi- 

 cine-bags, whether square or cylindrical, the rawhide is not 

 white, but brown. All the triangles, whatever their shape, 

 represent mountains. The uncolored stripes trisecting the 

 design are paths. The dark-green stripes enclosing the design 



