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the Arapaho predominate in longitudinal -tripes 

 (Fig. 40, a-d), the Dakota in definite figures (f, g, m, 

 n, o), the Blackfoot in U-shaped figures (k), etc. 

 Additional designs will be found upon leggings, bags, 

 and pouches. All these designs may be resolved into 

 simple geometrical elements or patterns (Fig. 41). 

 Here also, tribal preferences are to be found. The 

 rawhide paintings are also geometric and though the 

 designs first appear quite complex, they can readily 

 be resolved into triangles and rectangles. Another 



Fig. 42. Arapaho Moccasin with Symbolic Decorations. 



point of special interest is that some tribes give these 

 conventionalized designs a symbolic value. This is 

 particularly true of the Arapaho. 



Thus Fig. 42 shows a moccasin which is beaded 

 around the edges, but has its front surface traversed 

 by a number of quilled lines. The white beadwork 

 represents the ground. Green zigzag line- upon it are 

 snakes. The quilled lines represent sweat house poles. 

 These lines are red, blue, and yellow, and the colors 

 represent stones of different colors, used for producing 



