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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 146

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sent the hillsor periods of life. Two at each end are green, and two redand blue. These latter represent red and black paint,— afrequent combination in ceremonials. The white spaces be-tween these trapezoids are lakes. All the triangles in thedesign are hills and mountains. The white unpainted… … Dksigns on Rawhide Bags. 13 2 Bulletin American Museum of Natural History. [Vol. XVIII, verse white stripes with green edges are rivers. Blue squaresin them are islands, and red rectangles are red soil or gravel.Four narrow black lines are cracks in the ground. On tlieflap, triangles represent…

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