MATERIAL CULTURE. 



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uniform of important functionaries. On the other 



hand, the shirt itself, stripped of its ornaments and 

 accessories seems to be of the precise pattern once worn 



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Fig. 12. Man's Shirt. Blackfoot. 



in daily routine. Yet, the indications are that as a 

 regular costume, the shirt was by no means in general 

 use. The Cree, Dene, and other tribes of central 

 Canada wore leather shirts, no doubt because of the 



