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quills. Rawhide bags and parfleche (p. 62-4) were 

 treated with a peculiar type of painting in many colors. 

 Realistic art was practised chiefly by men in the record- 

 ing of war deeds (p. 94) and reached a high degree of 

 excellence among the Dakota and Mandan. The tech- 

 nical aspect of bead and quill work of the Plains is 

 quite peculiar. Formerly, there was little or none of 

 the woven work so common in the Eastern Woodlands 

 and the forests of Canada, the method here being to 



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Fig. 41. Design Elements, Bead and Quill Embroidery. (Kroeber.) 



lay the quills on the surface of skins in large geometric 

 areas. The beads now in use were introduced by 

 traders and have almost displaced the original art of 

 porcupine quill embroidery. 



The most numerous decorated objects in collections 

 are moccasins which therefore offer an extensive design 

 series. Though often examples of each design may 

 be found upon the moccasins in a single tribe, the 

 tendencies are always toward a few tribal types. Thus, 



