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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 131

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bordering the design, and trisecting it,are rivers. On the cover the small red triangle is again theheart. The line following the edge of the cover is a mountain. Fig. 2, Plate xxi, shows a medicine-bag. As in most medi-cine-bags, whether square or cylindrical, the rawhide is notwhite, but brown.… … Designs us Kauhii>e Hags. 1902.] Kroeber, The Arapaho. 119 are rivers. The unpainted portion of the pattern representsground. On the cover, red triangles represent mountains. Fig. 4, Plate xxi, shows another square medicine-bag madeof browned rawhide. All the equilateral triangles are tents;the…

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