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CLOTHING 



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as ornaments or charms (see Adonwient). 

 The typical dress of the Pueblo Indians is 

 generally similar to that of the Plains 

 tribes, except 

 that it is made 

 larirely of woven 

 fabrics. 



The Alaskan 

 Eskimo costume 

 also is quite sim- 

 ilar, but the 

 woman's coat is 

 provided with a 

 hood, and legging 

 and moccasin are 

 made into one 

 garment, while 

 the men wear 

 1) r e e c h e s and 

 boots. Besides the heavy fur outer clotli- 

 ing, under-coat, under- trousers, and stock- 

 ings (the latter in s. Alaska of twined 

 grass) are found neces- 

 sary by the Eskimo as a 

 protection from the cold. 

 They also make water- 

 proof coats of the intes- 

 tines of seal and walrus, 

 which are worn on hunt- 

 ing trips in the kaiak. 

 In s. Alaska a long outer 

 dress without hood, made 

 of squirrel pelts, is worn, 

 a costume indicating Rus- 

 In general the Eskimo 

 costume was more complete than that of 

 anv tribes within 

 the United States. 

 TheBritishColum- 

 l)ia tribes made 

 twined robes of 

 frayed cedar bark 

 and sagebrush 

 l)ark,and bordered 

 them with otter 

 fur. The Chilkat 

 of s. E. Alaska still 

 weave remarkable 

 ceremonial blan- 

 kets of mountain- 

 goat wool over a 

 warp of twisted 

 wool and bark. 



Among the Pa- 

 cific coast tribes, 

 and those along 

 the Mexican bor- 

 der, the Gulf, and 

 the Atlantic coast, 

 the customary gar- 

 ment of women 

 was a fringe-like 

 skirt of bark, cord, 

 strung seeds, or 



WOMAN'S Hood; Western 

 Eskimo. (Murdoch) 



sian influence. 



CHIEF'S costume; Haida. 

 f Niblack) 



peltry, worn around the loins. In certain 

 seasons or during special occupations only 

 the loin band was worn. For occasional 



use in cooler weather a skin robe or cape 

 was thrown about the shoulders, or, under 

 exceptional conditions, a large robe woven 







HUPA WOMAN'S CINCTURE. (mASOn) 



of strips of rabbit skin. Ceremonial cos- 

 tume was much more elaborate than that 

 for ordinary wear. Moccasins and leg- 

 gings were worn throughout much of this 

 area, but in the warmer parts and in Cali- 



ANCIENT CLIFF-DWELLER'S SANDAL. ( MASON ) 



fornia their use was unusual. Some 

 tribes near the Mexican boundary wear 

 sandals, and sandal-wearing tribes once 

 ranged widely in the S. W. Those have 

 also bren fDUud in Kcntuckv caverns. 



ANCIENT SANDAL FROM A KENTUCKY CAVE. (hOLMEsI 



Hats, usually of basketry, were worn by 

 many Pacific coast tribes. Mittens were 

 used by the P^skimo and other tribes 

 of the far N. Belts of various materials 

 and ornamentation not only confined the 

 clothing but supported pouches, trinket 



