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Both the skin tube style and cloth flap leggings can be seen. Although not as common, leggings can be worn in place of the furs and knee bands. One may see the high fancy dance style furs worn with the bells tied on at the knees but this is less common. Around the ankles are worn angora “furs”. On their legs most dancers wear beaded knee bands with 6 to 10 inch leather fringe hanging from the bottom edge. Around the waist many dancers wear a belt, which can be beaded or decorated with metal tacks or conchos. The breech cloth or aprons can be made of either cloth or leather and range from plain to heavily decorated. Many dancers also wear two bandoliers of hair pipes and beads or a 3 to 5 inch strip of otter or other fur decorated with mirrors or a combination of both. A vest can be worn either of cloth or leather and some vests are beaded.Īrm bands and cuffs can be either beaded or metal or a combination of the two such as beaded cuffs with metal arm bands.

Around the neck is a choker either of hair pipes and beads or a beaded strip. Over the shirt is worn a breastplate that usually extends below the waist. Most dancers wear a shirt, either with or without ribbon decoration.

Quilled wheels can also be worn in the hair. Occasionally one will see dancers wearing beaded headbands, often decorated with medallions or drops. The rocker spreader, popular with fancy dancers, is rarely seen. The roach feathers are inserted in sockets on the spreader, with two roach feathers being the usual number. The roach spreader can be made of bone, metal, rawhide or leather.

The longer porcupine hair is preferred because of it's movement. On his head the Traditional Dancer wears a roach made of porcupine hair and deer tail hair. Careful observation and research be undertaken before starting to construct this type outfit. It must be stressed that this is only a brief description as variations do exist from area to area and from tribe to tribe. The Northern Traditional Dancer is a modern evolution of tribal outfits from the tribes of the Northern Plains such as Sioux, Blackfoot, Crow, Omaha and others.īelow is some information about the outfit's parts.

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