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rawhide is pressed upon the top of the head, the two dozen 

 or more sectors yield, and stand up, forming a circle around 

 the head. Fig. 46 shows two of these hats or sun-shades as 

 they appear seen from above, with the points (sectors) standing 

 nearly upright. 



On one such sun-shade, shown in Fig. 46, o, a number of 

 differently-colored zigzags (on the front projection or brim 

 of the head-dress) represent tents. Each bend in the zig- 

 zag forms a triangle, and these . represent tents. At the 

 opposite end of the sun-shade a row of smaller triangles also 

 represents tents. All the straight lines on the piece of hide 

 represent paths. The pointed projections of hide standing 

 up around the head-opening in a circle represent men dan- 

 cing. A blue circular line at the base of these projections 

 represents a circle worn in the ground from their dancing. 



In another such sun-shade (Fig. 46, 6,) the circular row of 

 projections was interpreted as signifying the camp-circle of 

 tents. 



A summary of the symbolism of the decorative forms that 

 have been described is presented in Plates xxvi-xxxi. The 

 decorative forms of the same symbolic significance are here 

 brought together. Thus all the forms taken by the sym- 

 bols, for instance, of a man or of a tent, are readily review- 

 able and comparable. 



From this summary have been excluded all symbols whose 

 significance depends altogether on their position, like the beads 

 denoting rat's ears in Fig. 2 1 , g. In such cases the shape of 

 the symbol itself obviously is often of no consequence. On 

 the plates are shown all the distinct forms of each symbol. 

 Whenever a symbol has been found a number of times with 

 the same form, these occurrences are represented only once in 

 the illustrations. 



Inasmuch as the technique of embroidery and that of 

 painting are necessarily quite different, it has seemed best to 

 separate the symbols which are embroidered, whether in 

 beads or in porcupine-quills or in fibres, from those which are 

 painted on rawhide. For the same reason a third separate 



