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 120
ing omitted). The triangles are flint arrow-points. The black lines are ropes. The black lines enclosingthe entire design are (because forming a rectangle) the earth.At each corner are two short red stripes, forming an angle.These are life-symbols. Evidently each stripe is regarded asan elongated… … 1902.] Kroeber, The Arapaho. 109 pairs of right-angled triangles represent tents; but the fourblue right-angled triangles at the corners of the design, halfof a tent. Their colors denote the colors (red, yellow, blue, orgreen, but not black) with which tents were formerly painted.The design is…
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