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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [ETH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  the 
  color 
  a 
  man's 
  wife 
  or 
  children 
  might 
  assist. 
  The 
  illustration 
  

   (fig. 
  77) 
  shows 
  how 
  the 
  tent 
  cover 
  was 
  spread 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  the 
  

   design 
  sketched 
  in, 
  and 
  then 
  the 
  color 
  applied 
  by 
  the 
  assistant. 
  

  

  Robes 
  were 
  sometimes 
  painted, 
  this 
  work 
  being 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   manner 
  as 
  the 
  painting 
  on 
  the 
  tents. 
  

  

  Paint 
  brushes 
  were 
  made 
  from 
  the 
  porous 
  bone 
  of 
  the 
  hip 
  joint 
  

  

  and 
  shaped 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  fig. 
  

   78. 
  The 
  paint 
  was 
  applied 
  

   with 
  the 
  blunt 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  

   bone 
  brush. 
  

  

  The 
  peculiar 
  headgear 
  

   shown 
  in 
  plates 
  36 
  and 
  49 
  

   was 
  worn 
  only 
  by 
  chiefs; 
  

   it 
  bore 
  the 
  name 
  watha'ge, 
  

   which 
  was 
  applied 
  to 
  all 
  

   caps 
  cut 
  to 
  fit 
  the 
  head. 
  

   The 
  style 
  of 
  headdress 
  

   shown 
  in 
  plate 
  50 
  was 
  

   called 
  tezhi 
  n 
  'hi 
  n 
  de, 
  which 
  

   was 
  the 
  name 
  applied 
  to 
  

   the 
  woven 
  scarfs, 
  as 
  al- 
  

   ready 
  explained 
  on 
  page 
  

   347. 
  

  

  Clothing 
  

  

  Wa'thaha 
  is 
  the 
  general 
  

   term 
  for 
  clothing. 
  It 
  

   seems 
  probable 
  that 
  in 
  

   earlier 
  days 
  fewer 
  gar- 
  

   ments 
  were 
  worn 
  than 
  in 
  

   recent 
  years; 
  yet 
  some 
  of 
  

   the 
  articles 
  of 
  clothing, 
  

   judging 
  from 
  their 
  names, 
  

   must 
  have 
  been 
  long 
  in 
  

   use. 
  To 
  this 
  class 
  belong 
  

   the. 
  leggings 
  (uto 
  n 
  '). 
  These 
  varied 
  in 
  their 
  cut. 
  The 
  simplest 
  style 
  

   consisted 
  of 
  a 
  straight 
  piece 
  of 
  skin 
  folded 
  and 
  sewed 
  at 
  one 
  side. 
  

   A 
  string 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  fastened 
  the 
  leggings 
  to 
  the 
  belt. 
  This 
  style 
  

   was 
  used 
  for 
  little 
  boys. 
  A 
  more 
  elaborate 
  style 
  was 
  that 
  with 
  

   a 
  long 
  pointed 
  flap, 
  which 
  hung 
  from 
  the 
  hip 
  to 
  below 
  the 
  knee. 
  

   Other 
  forms 
  were 
  the 
  legging 
  having 
  a 
  wide 
  band 
  of 
  embroidery 
  

   down 
  the 
  side 
  and 
  the 
  kind 
  called 
  uto 
  n 
  'to 
  n 
  ga, 
  "big 
  leggings," 
  

   with 
  large 
  flaps 
  at 
  the 
  ankle; 
  these 
  were 
  worn 
  exclusively 
  by 
  the 
  

   chiefs. 
  The 
  ornamentation 
  on 
  the 
  big 
  leggings, 
  or 
  chiefs' 
  leggings, 
  

  

  Fig. 
  "9. 
  Ornamentation 
  of 
  chiefs' 
  leggings. 
  

  

  