NO. 5 DRAWINGS BY A. DeBATZ IN LOUISIANA BUSHNELL I3 



WINTER COSTUME 



Buffalo skins, dressed so as to allow them to become soft and pliable 

 and without removing the hair, were used by the Indians throughout 

 the Mississippi Valley to protect them from the cold of winter. Such 

 robes were often decorated on the inner side by designs painted in 

 several colors. This sketch shows a robe decorated with a simple 

 design in red and black. 



The drawing has not been identified but is believed to have been 

 made to represent an Indian belonging to one of the tribes living at 

 that time in the vicinity of New Orleans. The figure suggests the 

 sketch of the "Atakapas " shown in Plate 4, and it may have been 

 intended to portray one of that tribe in winter dress. 



