Showing posts with label An Indian Woman's Dress. Show all posts
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Monday, March 21, 2016

An Indian Woman's Dress

 An Indian Woman's Dress


An Indian Woman's Dress—Mrs. Wolf Plume
While men are off in search of game the women make bead work of a most bewitching order, meanwhile watching the pappoose, fastened completely in its wooden bead-covered cradle, only the head protruding. The cradle is hung from a lodge pole or the bough of a tree, rattles and bells playing in the breeze. Other women gather in the shade and play the game of plum stone, a gambling game. They use the stones of the wild plum, which they colour with fanciful devices, and toss them up in a wooden bowl.