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HO PI INDIAN COLLECTION— HOUGH. 



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Married woman's costume. — The chief garment of the married 

 woman is of dark brown and blue blanket stuff woven in one piece 

 for her by the men weavers. It is wide enough to reach from the 

 shoulder to the middle of the lower leg, though worn shorter when 



Fig. 13.— o, Outline of fringed legging; 6, legging complete. 



moccasins and wrap-leggins form a part of the costume. The mak- 

 ing of one of these blankets into a dress is simplicity itself, only re- 

 quiring the two ends to be brought together and sewed (fig. 17), the 

 result being a bag open above and below, the seam on the left side. 

 The upper edges are now stitched together for a short distance over 



the right shoulder, an 

 opening being left there 

 for the right arm. It is 

 now ready to be drawn on 

 over the head, and when 

 it is in place it will be 

 seen that the left arm and 

 shoulder are free (fig. 18). 

 The dress is sometimes or- 

 namented with embroidery 

 and stitching of colored 

 yarns. The weaving of 



14.— a. Outline of wbap-legging; h. legging applied this dreSS is interesting 



AND SECUBED WITH GARTER. ^^^ -^ described OU page 



254. Sometimes the blanket, pusala^ is not made into a dress, 

 but is used to enwrap the baby or for other household purposes. 

 It is the completed fabric in demand among the Pueblos, with 

 whom it was exchanged for beads and other commodities. The 



