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 127
y where the maker of the parfleche lived. The tri-angles represent the mountains visible there. The red and yel-low coloring represents the appearance of their surface. Thesemountains were said not to be rocky, else their representa-tions would have been colored blue. The green on these tri-angles,… … for fastening togetherthe front of the tent.The quadrilateral ofgreen lines enclosing thedesign represents theends of the earth(haneisa biitaawu). On the rawhide bagshown in Fig. 32 adiamond in the centrerepresents a lake. Twoshort blue lines at itscorners are streams ofwater flowing into thelake.…
Arapaho Indians · Arapaho art · Symbolism in art · Picture-writing, Indian · Indians of North America
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