Indian Scout Craft and Lore by Charles A. Eastman

Author:Charles A. Eastman
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780486149516
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2012-10-05T00:00:00+00:00

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INDIAN GIRLS’ NAMES AND SYMBOLIC DECORATIONS

ALL Indian art is symbolic, and the decorative native designs may be so applied in bead-work, basketry, weaving, embroidery, or jewelry as to express the ideals and personality of the maker. This is true of all the tribes, but the individual symbols vary with their customs and habitat.

FIG. 11.

In all genuine Sioux handiwork, the central design is the isosceles triangle (Fig. 11), representing the conical teepee or tent — the home. This is used in many different ways. Two tents with the bases united, forming a diamond (Fig. 12), indicate the four points of the compass, or the whole world. Two tents with the peaks together (Fig. 13) are symbolic of life here and hereafter. The dark tent cut in half with a band of white, yellow, or light blue in the center (Fig. 14) signifies happiness in the home. The tent enclosed in a circle (Fig. 15) means eternal union.

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