EX PRESS ION quarterly e-journal of atelier in cooperation with uispp-cisenp. international scientific commission on the intellectual and spiritual expressions of non-literate peoples June 2017 THE MESSAGE BEHIND THE IMAGE ISSN 2499-1341 Message sent by an old man of the Cheyenne tribe to his son. A man named Turtle-that-follows-his- wife sends the pictographic message to his son named Little-man. Their names are indicated above their heads. The sign coming out of the mouth of the old man indicates that he is the one sending the message. The movement of the two igures towards each other indicates encounter. The series of small circles over the line that exits from the mouth of the father towards the son is a numerical indication of round objects. The pictographic message reads: ‘Turtle-that-follows-his-wife sends to Little-Man 53 dollars so that he comes to visit him.’ In other words, the message says: ‘Come to see me, I will pay your travel expenses.’ (After Mallery, 1889). N°16