Traditional Dress: Knowledge and Methods of Old-Time Clothings - Softcover

Wolf, Adolf Hungry; Hungry Wolf, Adolf

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9780920698068: Traditional Dress: Knowledge and Methods of Old-Time Clothings

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ISBN 10: 0920698069 ISBN 13: 9780920698068

Publisher: Good Medicine Books, 1972

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The following presentation is meant to inspire Your thoughts about personal appearance. It does not give step-by-step instructions for week-end diversion. Rather, it gathers together some of the old styles and some old methods, with the hope that You will be tempted to gather the materials at Your disposal and make some of the items to suit Your own personal thoughts and way of Life. Contents: Introduction; The Old Ways of Dressing; Introduction to Sewing; Moccasins; Fur Robes and Wool Blankets; Old-Time Overcoats; Mittens and Socks; Belts; Beading; Women's Clothing; Men's Clothing; Necklaces and Earrings; Hair; Painting and Tattooing; Sources for Dress Knowledge and Materials.

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Adolf Hungry Wolf is a prolific author of numerous books on railroading, history, nature and native cultures. With his family he has written over fifty books while homesteading in the Canadian Rockies. For thirty years he has studied the traditional ways of his wife’s tribe, the Blackfoot Confederacy, while home schooling four children.

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