North American Indians of the plains / by Clark Wissler.

  • Clark Wissler
Date:
1912
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: North American Indians of the plains / by Clark Wissler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE. Assiniboine Warrior.Frontispiece Plan of the Plains Indian Hall . 3 Culture Areas in North America. 11 The Indians of the Plains.Facing 12 Map showing the Distribution of the Buffalo about 1800 ... 13 The Distribution of Forests in Western United States .... 14 Sinewed-backed Bow and Quiver from the Blackfoot and a Com¬ pound Bow of Mountain Sheep Horn from the Nez Perce . . 24 Lance with Obsidian Point. Nez Perce.25 Meat Drying Rack. Blackfoot .26 Stone-headed Pounders.27 Blackfoot Travois.30 Assiniboine Dog Travois.31 Crossing the Missouri in a Bull-Boat.33 Setting up a Crow Tipi.37 Hidatsa Village in 1868 39 One-piece Moccasin Pattern .42 Two-piece Moccasin Pattern.43 Man’s Shirt. Blackfoot. 45 Costumed Figure of a Dakota W oman .47 Woman’s Dress of Elkskin.48 Firedrill. Northern Shoshone.51 Scraping a Hide. Blood .°5 Hide Scrapers .57 Fleshing Tools • .. Parfleche Pattern.51 A Parfleche.51 Bag made of Rawhide .53 A Case made of Rawhide.53 Bag Decorated with Porcupine Quills and Beads. Dakota . . 64 Pipe and Tobacco Bags. Dakota .65 Strike-a-light Pouch. Arapaho .67 Boiling with Hot Stones in a Paunch Supported by Sticks. Black¬ foot .70 Buffalo Horn Spoon.71 Bone Knife .^ A Buffalo Hide Shield from the Northern Blackfoot.78
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