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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 49

An illustration from The Arapaho, 1902, leaf 49
squares are hills. Three red squares adja-cent to each of these rows represent persons sitting on thehills. A light-blue line traversing the middle of the frontof the moccasin is a path; small squares adjacent to it arerocks. Two small detached bars, one at each side of theentire design that has… … MiJ( CA-IN- 1902] Kroeber, The Arapaho. 43 consisting of two triangles touching at their vertices, repre-sent rough places in the path: those that are red denoteprominences; those that are blue signify holes. Crossesare the morning star. A horizontal stripe at the heel repre-sents a caterpillar. On…

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