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Dinwoody Plate 46 A complex panel representing, no doubt, the figure of a medicine man or shaman who appears to be wearing a mask with very large ears. To the right is a symbolic design.
This may also represent game trails, or a man may have made a…

Dinwoody Plate 47

This is a simple sign of unknown meaning. It might represent a phytomorphic design - perhaps a tree or plant (?). This figure may also be unfinished as the lower lins might have been intended as legs and feet.

Dinwoody Plate 48

This panel depicts a "Ghost Dance". The two upper figures (men) are the dancers. The lower left figure represents a moon and the line indicates one-fourth moon, or one week, in which time the dance transpired.

Dinwoody Plate 49

Anthropomorphic figure of a Ghost Dancer.

Dinwoody Plate 5

An Anthropomorphic panel. This represents two shamen and a shawoman, dressed in costumes. The shamen are costumed as the buffalo with wings, perhaps to show they belong to the spirit-world; the shawoman is dressed to represent the…

Dinwoody Plate 50

Another anthropomorphic figure representing the "Ghost Dance".

Dinwoody Plate 51 The upper figure appears to be an Anthropomorphic design representing a face or mask. The lower figures are perhaps phytomorphic designs of trees or plants; they may also be symbolic designs.

Dinwoody Plate 52

This design, I believe, represents a Crow burial. The top part designates the wrapped body and it is resting on a tree or platform. There is no doubt of Crow workmanship, as the Shoshoni do not bury their dead in this manner. Of…

Dinwoody Plate 53

Two anthropomorphic figures probably representing medicine men or shamen with markings of costumes.

Dinwoody Plate 54

This complex design may either represent a symbolic design or may represent a hide stretcher or willows bound together.
Weasel hides were usually stretched in this manner, with seven or eight hides on the willow frame.