The designs, on p. 129, are supposed by Seler and Thomas to represent a house, the roof of which is indicated by the cross-hatched or plaited objects,
and
. I regard them as meaning a canopy, the practical and symbolic uses of which article are often referred to by the early visitors to these tribes.[[125]]
In Fig. [48], No. 1, I give a frequent postfix. In the pictures it portrays the wing of a bird, the foot of an animal, the claw of a reptile or insect, or the tail of a dog (Cod. Tro., p. 27).
No. 2 is the conventional sign for smoke, as may be seen in Cod. Tro., pp. 5*, 6*, etc.
No. 3 is called by Seler an ideogram for “man” or “person.”
Fig. 48.—Some Linear Signs and Dots.