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In each there is a cross, which is the morning star. This 

 rectangular open area is bordered by a four-colored pattern. 

 Along the long sides of this middle space, triangles that are 

 blue, red, and green are tents;, small white triangles at their 

 bases are doors. Yellow areas between the triangles are the 

 ground. In the border at the two ends of the rectangular 

 space, similar figures represent tents and their doors; ad- 

 ditional small inverted triangles at the vertices are projecting 

 tent-poles. White areas between these tent-figures are the 



Fig. 3Q. Fig. 40. 



Figs. 39 ()^>, 40 (t^*^). Designs oh Rawhide Baj^s. Width of bags, 39.5 cm., 49.4 cm. 



ground; and black dots, horse-tracks. Blue lines enclosing 

 this border represent the earth. 



Similar lines bordering the back have the same signification. 

 Except for these, the back of the bag is uncolored. Stripes 

 drawn across it in outline are paths. The central one of 

 these stripes, however, is cross-hatched in black. This repre- 

 sents water. On the flap of the bag are three representa- 

 tions of tents with their doors. 



Fig. 40 shows a bag painted with red, yellow, and blue. 



