1902.] 



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All the triangular figures are mountains. Small brown in- 

 verted triangles at their vertices are imaginary figures that 

 are seen on mountain-tops and look like persons. The long 

 white stripe bisecting the design is a path through a valley 

 between the mountains ; and four brown squares in this path 

 are camp-sites. At the two ends of the design, small red 

 triangles are tents. Along the two sides of the design, red, 

 yellow, and blue bands in one line are tent-pins. The two 

 central triangles, together forming a diamond, are also the 

 eye. 



On the back, stripes are paths, and rows of black dots are 

 strings of buffalo travelling toward the mountains represented 

 by triangles on the flap. 



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Fig. 41. F'g- 42- 



Figs. 41 (iJSbI, 42 (i§?b). Designs on Rawhide Bags. Width of bags, 32.3 cm., 24.5 cm. 



A small narrow bag, used to hold feathers, is shown in Fig. 

 41. The design on the front is cut into halves by a blue- 

 bordered white stripe, with circular spots in it. The stripe 

 represents the trail of a moving camp; the spots, camp-sites. 

 On each side of this central vertical stripe is the same design. 

 Nearest the edge, blue triangles are mountains. Adjacent to 

 this, a yellow border represents low ground with dried or 

 burned grass. The black lines bounding this yellow border 

 represent dark timber. Adjacent to the yellow is a white 

 zigzag stripe, which is a river. Next to this are two yellow 

 triangles (tents) and a yellow diamond (the eye). 



On the back,. blue lines framing the entire area are the 

 [August, igo2.] 



