Native American Clothing

A collection of photographs from museums, collectors and private dealers that documents five centuries of Native American artistry.

Explores the traditional dress of Native Americans in the nine major cultural areas of North America, with an emphasis on everyday or "work" clothes. Individual items of clothing are discussed in detail, including skirts & aprons from a variety of materials, dresses of many styles, capotes, robes, breechclouts, leggings, shirts, breastplates, parkas, hats, moccasins cradleboards and sandals. Selected pieces of dress clothing, primarily from the Plains, are also discussed. Included are drawings, patterns and ideas for making replicas of primitive clothing.

Book covers all aspects of Indian Clothing and Adornment for an area that includes the Miami, Potawatomi, Ottawa, Chippewa, Kickapoo, Illini, Peoria, Shawnee, Delaware, Menominee, Sauk, Fox, Mascounten, Algonquin, Winnebago, Huron, Iowa and Eastern Sioux. With articles on finger weaving, ribbonwork and trade silver, this book will be usefull to anyone with interests in the culture and arts of the American Indian.

The clothing of native peoples reveals much about the resources available to them, the climate in which they lived, their customs, and their creativity with textiles. This concise guide to native clothing features different apparel worn by a variety of tribes across America. Carefully chosen photographs support the information in the engaging text, while readers won’t forget the important facts they learn in "Did You Know?" boxes throughout the volume.

Assembles information on and photographs of the shirts, robes, moccasins, headdresses, and ceremonial clothing of various Plains Indian tribes, illuminating their history and culture

"The clothing of native peoples reveals much about the resources available to them, the climate in which they lived, their customs, and their creativity with textiles. This concise guide to native clothing features different apparel worn by a variety of tribes across America. Carefully chosen photographs support the information in the engaging text, while readers won't forget the important facts they learn in ""Did You Know?"" boxes throughout the volume."

Describes what people wore in early America, discussing colonial, Puritan, and Native American styles.