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 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.
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.
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 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…