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Many of the paint bags used by the Blackfoot re- 

 semble their pipe 4 bags even to the fringe and the flaps 

 at the mouth. However, many paint bags in cere- 

 monial outfits are without fringes or decorations of 

 any kind. Some have square cut bases and some 

 curved; their lengths range from 8 to 15 cm. In some 

 cases, those with square cut bases are provided with a 

 pendant at each corner. Decorated paint bags of the 

 fringed type occur among the Gros Ventre, Assiniboine, 



Fig. 25. Strike-a-light Pouch. Arapaho. 



Arapaho, Sarsi, Dakota, and Shoshone. A specimen 

 without the fringe appears in the Comanche collection. 

 The Blackfoot, Sarsi, Gros Ventre, and Assiniboine 

 use almost exclusively, bags with the flaps at the top, 

 and bearing similar decorations. The Arapaho and 

 Dakota incline to this type but also use those with 

 straight tops. Among the Shoshone decorated paint 

 bags are rare, but two specimens we have observed 

 belong to these respective types. So far, it seems that 



