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been slit for about seven inches to form a fringe. To stiffen the fringe 

 a piece of rawhide about a quarter of an inch broad by three inches 

 long has been attached to the upper part, each strand being lashed to 

 it with sinew, and this has been wrapped with porcupine quills dyed 

 yellow, black, and brown, in what now seems a rather indefinite pattern. 



Fig. 68. — Buffalo-horn head-dress with four headbands of 

 imitation wampum. From a Sauk war bundle of the 

 Wolf Gens. Cat. No. 31668. Length 22 inches. 



Below the rawhide strip is a bare bit of the deerskin, across which, for 

 the length of the girdle, is sewn another horizontal piece of buckskin 

 to strengthen the whole and hold it together. Below this, on each 

 strand, is a deer or an antelope dew claw, and then another attached 

 strip of rawhide, looped, and adorned with quills. 



