THE PUEBLO DWELLERS. 83 
For all the other pueblos, the sixteenth century dress 
of the men was an apron or kilt. These were of cotton 
and are described as resembling napkins of that period 
but having tassels at each corner. Kilts which are 
probably similar to these are still worn as ceremonial 
garments. At the present time a short, narrow breech 
cloth of white cotton, falling only a few inches from the 
belt before and behind, is the only essential garment 
for men at hard work or engaged in ceremonies. 
A robe of some sort is an important adjunct at all 
ordinary times regardless of the season. In Coronado’s 
time these robes were of cotton, woven rabbitskins, 
dressed skins, often buffalo, and turkey feathers fas- 
tened to a net. Large flocks of turkeys used to be kept 
chiefly, if not solely, to supply feathers for these gar- 
ments. Feathered garments have not been in use for 
many years and woven rabbitskins are rarely employed. 
The weaving of cotton and woolen goods is still practised 
by the Zuni and Hopi but the woolen blankets of the 
Navajo and the gay colored fabrics of the traders have 
largely displaced them. 
The man’s costume consists of white cotton trousers 
coming some inches below the knee, but split on the 
outer side, and a cotton shirt falling over the trousers, 
girded with a cotton belt. 
The woman’s dress as first described, consisted of a 
single garment, of yucca fiber at Zuni, but of cotton 
elsewhere, which reached from the shoulders to the 
knees. It was fastened over the right shoulder but 
open at the left where two tassels hung. A belt was 
worn at the waist. Later, the material was changed to 
wool, dyed blue or black and woven diagonally, but 
the form remained the same until a few years ago. 
It is still worn on ceremonial occasions and generally 
by the older Hopi and Zuni women. Specimens of the 
