. The Arapaho. Arapaho Indians; Arapaho art; Symbolism in art; Picture-writing, Indian; Indians of North America; Indians of North America. 1902.] Kroeber, The Arapaho. 129 All the triangular figures are mountains. Small brown in- verted triangles at their vertices are imaginary figures that are seen on mountain-tops and look like persons. The long white stripe bisecting the design is a path through a valley between the mountains; and four brown squares in this path are camp-sites. At the two ends of the design, small red triangles are tents. Along the two sides of the design, red, yellow, and
. The Arapaho. Arapaho Indians; Arapaho art; Symbolism in art; Picture-writing, Indian; Indians of North America; Indians of North America. 1902.] Kroeber, The Arapaho. 129 All the triangular figures are mountains. Small brown in- verted triangles at their vertices are imaginary figures that are seen on mountain-tops and look like persons. The long white stripe bisecting the design is a path through a valley between the mountains; and four brown squares in this path are camp-sites. At the two ends of the design, small red triangles are tents. Along the two sides of the design, red, yellow, and blue bands in one line are tent-pins. The two central triangles, together forming a diamond, are also the eye. On the back, stripes are paths, and rows of black dots are strings of buffalo travelling toward the mountains represented by triangles on the I ^^^ • ^ife-<«®^ • • • 1 Jj • • • • • i ^ ^ ^ < ^ \ Fig. 41. F'g- 42- Figs. 41 (iJSbI, 42 (i§?b). Designs on Rawhide Bags. Width of bags, cm., cm. A small narrow bag, used to hold feathers, is shown in Fig. 41. The design on the front is cut into halves by a blue- bordered white stripe, with circular spots in it. The stripe represents the trail of a moving camp; the spots, camp-sites. On each side of this central vertical stripe is the same design. Nearest the edge, blue triangles are mountains. Adjacent to this, a yellow border represents low ground with dried or burned grass. The black lines bounding this yellow border represent dark timber. Adjacent to the yellow is a white zigzag stripe, which is a river. Next to this are two yellow triangles (tents) and a yellow diamond (the eye). On the back,.blue lines framing the entire area are the [August, igo2.]. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kroeber, A
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