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The Book of Woodcraft 



the other, painted figures. Fine effects can be secured in 

 either way. 



The first illustration shows a war shirt of the beaded 

 style. These strips of beadwork are prepared on one of the 

 beadlooms and sewn on afterward. The second is a quill- 

 work device. 



This is, of course, a mere suggestion. One may vary 

 it in any way, though it will be found best always to use but 



Beaded war shirt, etc. 



few colors in the beads. In unskilled hands a bead pattern 

 of two colors is better than one of four colors. 



Bands of beadwork may be added on the outside of each 

 arm in front of the fringes, as well as around the outer half 

 of each cuff at the bottom, or they may be omitted alto- 

 gether and the decorations done with paint. The Indians 

 used native paints and dyes ground up in a mixture of rosiu 



