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first and second panel patterns were new additions,
and the other (narrow) panels were taken over as
mere meaningless additions to the patterns of the men.
There do not appear to be any fundamental
differences in the outer arrangements of the quivers,
charm-tubes, and blowpipes. The alleged reduction
of the charm -tube patterns on the blowpipes mayshow
that the omission of particular panels did not
have much effect. Classes IE and IF of the blow-
pipe patterns are of special importance, since, in
contrast to the quivers and charm-tube patterns,
they exhibit entire panels, and even entire designs,
merely filled up with dotted figures. It might be
inferred from this that after the charm-tube patterns
were transferred to the blowpipes a fresh evolution of
patterns took place.] In the blowpipe drawings we do
not find spirals instead of the ring-lines, as in the case
of the quivers and charm-tubes.
The names of the tube patterns do no more to help
their interpretation than those of the first, second, and
fifth comb panels (" tin-weg," "was," and " pawer ").
In four of the names of the quivers and charm-tubes
(N, S, Vi, Xi) are to be found expressions for certain
parts of the body (the Diseases afi"ecting which,
according to Vaughan- Stevens, are supposed to be
warded off by means of the patterns). Sometimes,
however (besides the name of the pattern), the actual
name of the Disease itself is given, and one of these
Disease titles (Pi) actually refers to the affected part
of the body. Moreover, the name for quivers D and
E (" lasai ") must (according to Vaughan- Stevens) be
derived from the black ring-lines of the design ; and,
besides, the patterns, which possess the same name
and ward off similar sicknesses, in some cases are of