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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [ETH. 
  ANN. 
  L!7 
  

  

  it. 
  A 
  man 
  attired 
  for 
  a 
  dance 
  often 
  presented 
  a 
  gay 
  appearance. 
  

   The 
  skin 
  of 
  the 
  skunk 
  or 
  of 
  the 
  fox 
  was 
  sometimes 
  bound 
  about 
  the 
  

   leg 
  below 
  the 
  knee, 
  the 
  tail 
  hanging 
  as 
  an 
  ornament 
  on 
  the 
  outside 
  

   of 
  the 
  leg. 
  

  

  Women 
  parted 
  the 
  hair 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  from 
  the 
  forehead 
  to 
  the 
  

   nape 
  of 
  the 
  neck 
  (pi. 
  45). 
  The 
  hair, 
  thus 
  divided, 
  was 
  arranged 
  in 
  two 
  

   braids, 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  bound 
  together 
  and 
  brought 
  up 
  to 
  

  

  FIG. 
  7ti. 
  Mounted 
  warriors. 
  

  

  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  neck 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  let 
  the 
  braids 
  fall 
  in 
  a 
  long 
  loop 
  behind 
  

   the 
  ears. 
  The 
  parting 
  was 
  painted 
  red 
  and 
  similar 
  treatment 
  was 
  

   bestowed 
  on 
  the 
  cheeks, 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  ear. 
  A 
  narrow 
  necklace 
  was 
  

   worn 
  about 
  the 
  throat. 
  Earrings 
  also 
  were 
  worn, 
  and 
  a 
  braid 
  of 
  

   sweet 
  grass 
  was 
  often 
  tucked 
  in 
  the 
  belt. 
  

  

  A 
  man 
  frequently 
  painted 
  his 
  horse 
  to 
  represent 
  a 
  valorous 
  act 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  man 
  had 
  won 
  honors, 
  or 
  he 
  might 
  paint 
  the 
  animal 
  in 
  a 
  

  

  