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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [ETH. 
  AMN. 
  27 
  

  

  bundle 
  at 
  her 
  back. 
  The 
  illustration 
  shows 
  a 
  burden 
  strap 
  that 
  

   had 
  been 
  the 
  lifelong 
  possession 
  of 
  a 
  woman 
  who 
  died 
  at 
  a 
  great 
  age 
  

   more 
  than 
  twenty 
  years 
  ago. 
  It 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  buffalo 
  hide; 
  on 
  the 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  broad 
  band 
  worn 
  next 
  to 
  the 
  body 
  the 
  wool 
  had 
  been 
  left 
  

   to 
  make 
  it 
  soft; 
  the 
  other 
  side 
  had 
  been 
  painted 
  red. 
  (Fig. 
  69; 
  

   Peabody 
  Museum 
  no. 
  27578.) 
  

  

  The 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  garden 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  mentioned. 
  This 
  was 
  the 
  

   principal 
  outdoor 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  women; 
  not 
  that 
  their 
  labors 
  were 
  

   otherwise 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  house, 
  for 
  during 
  warm 
  weather 
  everything 
  

   that 
  could 
  be 
  done 
  out 
  of 
  doors 
  was 
  performed 
  under 
  a 
  shade 
  set 
  up 
  

  

  Fig. 
  69. 
  Burden 
  strap. 
  

  

  outside 
  the 
  dwelling. 
  (PI. 
  44.) 
  Cooking, 
  sewing, 
  and 
  the 
  eating 
  of 
  

   meals 
  all 
  took 
  place 
  under 
  this 
  temporary 
  structure. 
  

  

  COOKING 
  AND 
  FOODS 
  

  

  The 
  appliances 
  for 
  cooking 
  were 
  simple. 
  A 
  pole 
  called 
  iOio 
  n 
  uthu- 
  

   gashJce 
  ("to 
  tie 
  on 
  what 
  is 
  cooking") 
  was 
  set 
  on 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  fire- 
  

   place 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  slant 
  toward 
  the 
  fire 
  and 
  from 
  this 
  " 
  kettle 
  pole 
  " 
  the 
  

   pot 
  (ne'xe) 
  was 
  hung. 
  In 
  old 
  times 
  the 
  Omaha 
  women 
  made 
  pottery 
  

   of 
  a 
  rather 
  coarse 
  typo, 
  ornamented 
  with 
  incised 
  lines. 
  These 
  pottery 
  

   kettles 
  could 
  be 
  hung 
  or 
  set 
  over 
  the 
  fire. 
  Horn 
  spoons, 
  tehe' 
  (the 
  

   word 
  means 
  "buffalo 
  horn"), 
  were 
  used. 
  The 
  wooden 
  spoon 
  was 
  

   called 
  zh,o 
  n 
  'tehe 
  (zho 
  n 
  , 
  wood), 
  "wooden 
  buffalo 
  horn;" 
  later 
  the 
  metal 
  

   spoon, 
  7no 
  n 
  'cetehe 
  (?no 
  n 
  ce, 
  metal), 
  'metal 
  buffalo 
  horn," 
  still 
  kept 
  

   tehe' 
  as 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  name. 
  There 
  were 
  no 
  plates 
  or 
  forks 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

  

  