PRIMITIVE ART 
-The characteristics of In- 
Interpretation of Arapaho Destgns.— 
dian interpretations will best appear from a st a ith of a few 
specimens. The square 
design near the lower 
edge of a small pouch 
(Case 20 e) is the bear's 
foot, generally con- 
ventionally represent- 
ed by the Arapaho 
with only three claws. 
Square pink spots on 
the body of the design 
are the bare skin on 
the sole of the foot. 
The white bead-work 
is sand or soil. The 
curved band on the 
flap is a mountain. The leather fringe at the bottom of the 
pouch represents trees. 
White beading on another pouch represents 
sand: the green beads at the edges, on account 
of their color, represent timber; two compressed 
crosses, the morning star; and squares on the 
flaps, rocks. The large figure near the bottom is 
a mountain with a tree on its summit. Below it 
are four small red and blue rectangles, which de- 
note little streams flowing from a spring near the 
foot of the mountain. The spring is represented 
by a green square in the large triangle. 
Paint-pouches amulets and head-ornaments 
are often given anima! forms. The pouch illus- 
trated here represents a lizard. The large ornament 
at about the middle of the bag represents a but- 
terfly. The triangles are its wings, and the rhom- 
boidal figure of bead-work projecting on the 
leather surface is its body. On the flap is the 
dragon-fly. The detached, somewhat triangular 
figures at the sides of the dragon-fly are its wings. 
