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 54
consisting of two connected triangles, represents amountain with the morning star above it. (The figure of themountain is symmetrically duplicated, which gives the star,represented by a cross, the appearance of being betweentwo mountains, the upper one inverted.) At the back ofthe legging the… … Moccasin and Touch, 1902.] Kroeber, The Arapaho. 47 line signifies that the star appears just before daybreak. Theyellow painting of the skin represents daylight. The two whitebeaded stripes up the front of the legging represent the partlydivided milky way. The colored designs in these stripes de-
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