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The Arapaho (1902)

Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960, Jesup Arapaho Expedition (1899-1901) · New York : [Published by order of the Trustees, American Museum of Natural History · leaf 106

An illustration from The Arapaho, 1902, leaf 106
last bag of thisseries is shown in Fig.28. In the middle of thewhite decorative fieldare three red crosses,representing, as usual,the morning star. Thefour ornaments on thebordering stripes aboveare also crosses, or the morning star. Four large green tri-angles, each with two projections, represent… … Height, 43 cm. 98 Bulletin American Museum of Natural History. [Vol. XVIII, in the pouch. The white represents clouds. On the coverare hills, rising and falling along the horizon. It is noteworthy that, with all the diversity of symbolismon these four pouches, their designs should be so similar.…

Arapaho Indians · Arapaho art · Symbolism in art · Picture-writing, Indian · Indians of North America

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