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<\/a><\/p>\nFirst up is a Plains style dance dress, a jingle dress. \u00a0Traditionally the metal cones that give this dress it’s name are made from the lids of snuff cans. \u00a0 That would be an awful lot of chaw if you couldn’t purchase these ready-made.<\/p>\n
Here are a couple of ladies. \u00a0The woman on the left is wearing a beaded buckskin dress. \u00a0She has a beaded crown and she is carrying a beaded feather fan and a dance shawl. \u00a0The lady with the fur covering her braids is in a ribbon work dress. \u00a0And the lady on the right is in a traditional Navajo outfit of a velveteen blouse, tiered skirt and turquoise jewelry. \u00a0In the background are a couple of grass dancers.<\/p>\n The woman on the left is wearing a wool trade cloth dress that is decorated with elk teeth (either real or made of bone). \u00a0The other ladies are just dancing.<\/p>\n I don’t recall ever seeing a dance outfit like this one with the apron, perhaps it is what a white captive might wear. \u00a0The round collar on the blouse is more typical of Eastern tribal wear.<\/p>\n This little guy is wearing a grass dance outfit, with a feather headdress.<\/p>\n The guy in back is wearing a fancy dancer outfit, with a headpiece made of the fur from a deer’s tail.<\/p>\n And this is my dance shawl, with hand dyed multicolored fringe. \u00a0I wear this whenever I feel like dancing to the drum.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The annual summer pow-wow took place this past weekend and I thought I might enlighten you, my dear reader, on the different types of dance outfits. \u00a0 Of course all of these styles are rooted in the past, but we have much better materials to work with, and we only have to trade money for … Continue reading Pow Wow<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n