Duba-maⁿȼiⁿ, who has a nikie name referring to the buffalo, belongs to the Waȼigije sub-gens. His father wore a black blanket embroidered with beadwork in two rows of spirals, between which was a star. All these figures were made of white beads. (See Fig. 183.)

In the Pipe sub-gens of the Iñke-sabĕ there were several tent decorations. Of the first, George Miller speaks thus:

Níkaciⁿ´ga-mataⁿ´waⁿgȼaⁿ´-maniníbat‘aⁿ´amáIñké-sabĕakádiʇíugaí,niníbaíʇi.Kĭwédajĭ-ma
The peoplethose in the gentespipehavethe pl.
sub.		Black shoulderamong
the		tentthey
paint		pipepainted the
tent with		Andthose elsewhere

wédahaⁿ-májĭ,añ´ka-bájĭebȼégaⁿ.Iñké-sabĕakádiníkagáhiakáégaⁿgáxaiebȼégaⁿ,aⁿ´ctĕwaⁿ´gáxa-bájĭ
I do not know themthey are not soI think.Black shoulderamong
the		chiefthe sub.somadeI thinkof any patternhe did not make
ebȼégaⁿ.Niníbawaqúbegáxaiʞĭ,niníbajaⁿ´kĕbȼáskagáxai,uȼískai,wajiñ´gadáájiitĕ,ʇáhiⁿjíde
I think.Pipemysterious
thing		madewhenpipewoodthe
lg. ob.		flatmadeput porcupine
work around it		bird headsput many
on it		the
past act		“deer fur”red
íkaⁿtaⁿ´i.”
tied to it.

FIG. 184.—Iñke-sabĕ tent decoration.

That is, “Those persons who belong to the Iñke-sabĕ sub-gens known as Keepers of the Pipes, paint their tent(s) with the pipe decoration. I do not know of any other persons, members of other gentes, using this decoration; I think that no others use it. I think that the Iñkesabĕ chief decorates his tent in this manner, and that he did not decorate it in any way he pleased. When the sacred pipes were made (on the tent) the pipestem was made flat, porcupine work was put around it, several heads of birds were fastened on it, and tufts of reddened horses’ hair were tied to it at intervals.” (See Fig. 184 and Pl. XLIV, C.) This Iñke-sabĕ tent had only two pipes on it—one on each side of the entrance.