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Dinwoody Plate 44

An anthropomorphic design of a Bird Woman with a blanket behind her.

Dinwoody Plate 45

An anthropomorphic design showing a medicine man or shaman dressed in costume and with buffalo (?) horns on the head-dress.

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…