AMERICAN MUSEUM GUIDE LEAFLETS 
ELEMENTS OF BEADED DESIGNS FROM EXAMPLES IN 
THE MUSEUM. 
The design elements in the following plates were selected from bead 
and quillwork collected among the Arapaho Indians by Professor A. L. 
Kroeber in 1900. Most of the objects from which they were taken are 
on exhibition. Asa whole they represent the design material available 
to an Arapaho bead worker. They are also fairly representative of the 
Plains Indians as a whole. By custom these designs had come to have 
definite names and meanings, a list of which is added. 
Figure Figure 
1 - Person 40 Butterfly 
2 Person 41 Butterfly 
3 Person 42 Butterfly 
4 Person sitting 43 Butterfly 
5 Person standing 44 Beetle 
6 Persons in tent or sweathcuse 45 Dragon-fly 
7 Mythic dwarf 46 Dragon-fly 
8 Navel 47 Dragon-fly 
9 Navel string 48 Cricket 
10 Heart and lungs 49 Spider 
11 Head 50 Crayfish 
12 Hye 51 Centipede 
13 Kye 52 Centipede 
14 Kye 53 Centipede 
15 Track 54 Leech 
16 Buffalo 55 Caterpillar 
17 Wolves 56 Caterpillar 
18 Rats 57 Caterpillar 
19 Eagle 58 Caterpillar 
20 Eagle 59 Caterpillar 
21 Eagle 60 Worms or maggots 
22 Eagle 61 Worm 
23 Thunderbird 62 Worm 
24 Magpie 63 Worm 
25 Swallow 64 Worms 
26 Snake 65 Game, variety of animals 
27 Snake 66 Bear foot 
28 Lizard 67 Bear foot 
29 Lizard 68 Bear foot 
30 Lizard 69 Buffalo intestine 
31 Turtle 70 Buffalo hoof 
32 Turtle 71 Buffalo hoof 
33 Turtle 72 Buffalo track 
34 Turtle 73 Buffalo path 
35 Frog 74 Buffalo path 
36 Fish 75 Buffalo wallow 
37 Bee 76 Buffalo horns . 
38 Bees 77 Mythic cave of the buffalo 
39 Butterfly 
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