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Till-: MF.NOMINI .INDIANS 



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ment of the toes after the loot lias been secured by the loose loop of 

 cords which passes over the heel. 



The specimen illustrated (figure 42) is the type usually worn by men, 

 the style used by women being longer and narrower, while that for 

 children is shorter and proportionally broader, as shown in figure 43. 



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DRESS, OKNAMENTS, READWOKK, AND 

 D151LI.ING 



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f- . _ In referring to the practices of Ojibwa sha- 



L~f- ~ - -■-" mans, 1 I had occasion to remark that while 



P "\u / T mA ]t NV:1S ous tomary among many tribes to use 



|£3k k as little clothing ;is possible when engaged 



in dancing, either of a social or ceremonial 

 nature, the Menomini, on the contrary, vie 

 willi one another in appearing in the most 

 costly and gaudy costume obtainable. Like 

 the Ojibwa, the Menomini niita'wok take 

 particular pride in their appearance when 

 at t ending the ceremonies of the MitS'wit, and 

 seldom fail to impress this fact on visitors; 

 as some of the Siouan tribes, who have 

 adopted similar medicine ceremonies after 

 the custom of their Algonquian neighbors, 

 are frequently without any clothing other 

 than breeckcloth, moccasins, and armlets 

 and other attractive ornaments. This dis- 

 regard of dress is regarded by the Menomini 

 as a sacrilegious digression from the ancient 

 usages, and it frequently excites severe com- 

 ment. 



Apart from facial ornamentation of such 

 design as may take the actor's fancy, or in 

 accordance with the degree in the society to 

 which the subject may have attained, a mitii" 

 priest wears shirt, trousers, and moccasins, 

 the first two of which may consist of flannel 

 or cloth and be either plain or ornamented 

 with beads, while the moccasins are always 

 of buckskin, or, what is more highly prized, 

 moose skin, beaded or worked with colored 

 porcupine quills. 



Immediately below each knee is tied a garter — a necessary accom- 

 paniment of a Menomini's dress. This garter consists of a baud of 

 beads varying in different specimens from 2 to 4 inches in width and 



Fio. 



42— Snowahoe for men- 

 iitniiiiii tjype. 



1 Seventh animal report of the Borean <>(' Ethnology, p. 298. 



