. Bulletin. Ethnology. CROW WOMAN WITH ELK-TOOTH DRESS intei'iijr through barter or as ceremonial or friendly gifts. Wampum belts figured largely in the official transactions be- tween the early settlers and the eastern tribes. Disks cut from the conch shell were worn as ornaments and were also offered in certain religious rites; they ranked among the northern tiibes as did the turcjuoise among the people of the S. W. With the Plains Indians a neck- lace of bear's claws marked the man of distinction. The headdress varied in dif- ferent parts of the country and was gen- erally significant of a
. Bulletin. Ethnology. CROW WOMAN WITH ELK-TOOTH DRESS intei'iijr through barter or as ceremonial or friendly gifts. Wampum belts figured largely in the official transactions be- tween the early settlers and the eastern tribes. Disks cut from the conch shell were worn as ornaments and were also offered in certain religious rites; they ranked among the northern tiibes as did the turcjuoise among the people of the S. W. With the Plains Indians a neck- lace of bear's claws marked the man of distinction. The headdress varied in dif- ferent parts of the country and was gen- erally significant of a man's kinship, ceremonial office, rank, or totemic de-. CHILKAT CEREMONIAL ROBE. (nIBLACk) pendence, as was also the ornamentation ujion his weapons and his shield. In the S. \y. blankets bordered with a design woven in colors were used on ceremonial occasions, and with the ))road belts, white robes, and fringed sashes worn at marriage are interesting specimens of weaving and color treatment. The bril- liant Navaho blankets with their cosmic symbols are well known. The most re- markable example of the native weaver's skill is the ceremonial blanket and apron of the Chilkat tribe of Alaska; it is made of the wool of the mountain goat, dyed black, yellow, and green with native dyes over a warp of cedar-bark strings. A design of elaborate totemic forms cov- ered the entire space within the border lines, and the ends and lower edge were heavily fringed. According to Boas these garments probably originated among the Tsimshian. In the buffalo country women seldom ornamented their own robes, but embroidered those worn by men. Sometimes a man painted his robe in accordance with a dream, or pic- tured upon it a yearly record of his own. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau o
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