North American Indians of the Plains . ni, Gros Ventre, and on the other hand of theirabsence among the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Paw nee,Osage, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Arapaho, and , the common shirt was after all not typical of thePlains Indians: it is only recently that the specialdecorated form so characteristic of the Assiniboin,Crow, Blackfoot, and Dakota has come into generaluse. Several interesting points may be noted in thedetailed structure of these shirts, but we must pass on. For the head there was no special covering. Yet inwinter the Blackfoot, Plains-Cree, and perhaps othe
North American Indians of the Plains . ni, Gros Ventre, and on the other hand of theirabsence among the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Paw nee,Osage, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Arapaho, and , the common shirt was after all not typical of thePlains Indians: it is only recently that the specialdecorated form so characteristic of the Assiniboin,Crow, Blackfoot, and Dakota has come into generaluse. Several interesting points may be noted in thedetailed structure of these shirts, but we must pass on. For the head there was no special covering. Yet inwinter the Blackfoot, Plains-Cree, and perhaps othersin the north, often wore fur caps. In the south and westthe head was bare, but the eyes were sometimes pro-tected by simple shades of rawhide. So, in general,both sexes in the Plains went bare-headed, though therobe was often pulled up forming a kind of temporaryhood. Mittens and gloves seem to have been introduced bythe whites, though they appear to have been native inother parts of the continent. is INDIANS < »l I III. IM. UXS. Fiji. 13. Costumed Figure of a Dakota Woman. \l \ II i;i \1. < i LTURE l«l The women of nil tribes wore more clothing than themen. The most typical garment was the sleevelessdress, a one-piece garment, an excellent example of
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