1902.] 



Kroeber, The Arapaho. 



143 



Objects rbpressnted. 



Ear-pendant 



Coffee 



Abstract Ideas. 

 Hiiteni (life, prosperity) .... 

 The many things unknown . . 



Property possessed 



Contents (of bag) 



Centre 



Stops (in a course) 



Direction whence 



Direction whither 



The four hills (periods) of life 

 Desire of accomplishment . . . 

 Supernatural instruction .... 

 Thought 



Embroi- 

 dered 

 Designs. 



Fig. No. 



237-240 



241 



Painted 

 Designs. 



Pig. No. 



Thrbe- 



DlMEN- 

 SIONAL 



Designs. 

 Pig. No. 



417—422 



423 



424-426 



427 



428 

 429 



454 

 45S 



456 

 457 



458 



5"- 



^8 



14 



Although the technique of embroidering and of painting, 

 and the appearance of the objects made in these two styles, 

 are quite different, yet a comparison of the two series of 

 symbols (Figs. 1-241 with Figs. 242-429) shows that the 

 individual symbols of the same meaning are generally con- 

 siderably alike, whether they are embroidered or painted. 

 The embroidered symbols, while often very simple, some- 

 times reach greater elaborateness and realism than any of the 

 painted ones. Painting is of course capable of much further 

 development in these directions than is beadwork, but the 

 decorative painting of the Plains Indians is more convention- 

 alized and less realistic than their embroidery. 



It is apparent that there is much individuality in the inter- 

 pretation given to the decorative designs employed by the 

 Arapaho. One person attaches a certain significance to the 

 ornaments on an article belonging to him; another person 

 may possess an article ornamented in a similar fashion, and 

 interpret the ornamentation entirely differently. Even the 

 identical symbol may have many different significations to 

 the various owners of different objects. For instance, on the 



