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Peatreg:
Just wanted to share what I got in the mail this week!!  I contacted a man in Wyoming who specializes in traditional plains indian clothing and other such goods.  We shared ideas and photos of originals and I was able to come up with a sketch and a design and he took my ideas and worked it out.  I gave him plenty of free reign since his knowledge is much more hands on than mine.  Made from imitation braintanned deer that was also smoked it is made in the older style of plains shirt.  Later period shirts became more tailored in appearance and I think lost most of the grace that older ones had. The beadwork is hand done with pony beads that he's aged as he has the entire shirt.  Red ocher pigment is rubbed on the upper part of the body and on the sleeves.  Real human hairlocks wrapped with red thread decorate one side of the shirt while brain tanned antelope fringe wrapped in sinew decorates the other side.  The hair represents scalps taken in battle but it wasn't uncommon for relatives to donate the hair.  Human figures would have represented victims in battle and the pipes denote the times when he was the pipe carrier on a war party.  The horse tracks on the sleeves would represent stolen horses or perhaps successful raids where horses were stolen.  The black lines on the sleeves would have been coup marks.  4 ermine hides, 2 on each side have been added as well as the thread wrapped hairlocks from the shirt bib.  Took over a year from when I first contacted him to when it was arrived.  Pictures don't even come close to the beauty of the piece when held in your hand and looked at up close.  It looks straight out of the museum.  Hope that you enjoy.

swamp yeti:
Beautiful work.

CherokeeKC:
Looks very authentic!  Nice

lostarrow:
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Olanigw (Pekane):
Pretty

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