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THE PONCA TRIBE 



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Figure 1. — Ponca "straight" dancer, front and back views. 



belt with a stiff-leather backing. The dancer also wears German- 

 silver armbands, a silk neckerchief with a German-silver slide, and 

 two ornamental bandoUers. The bandoHers are usually made up of 

 alternating silver beads and bone "hair pipes," though an occasional 

 mescal-bean bandolier is seen. Attached to these bandohers in back, 

 so as to fall over either shoulder, are perfmne bundles tied in silk 



