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The list of materials used by the Dakotas in ornamenting his or her apparel and articles of [?] is a short one beads percupine [sic] quills dyed various color and horse hair also dyed of different color with feathers dyed and in their natural hue. together with bits of tin. and horns with ribbon in a great measure complete the list. the porcupine quills are seldom used by he Ojibway indian except in a few cases for the ornamenting of baskets and other articles made solely for sale in the resorts for tourists in Canada and the "States." With the Dakota however the percupine quill is in constant demand few articles are there made on which some of these are not to be found. And they seem to lay great store by them for they are always carried in a pouch used only for this purpose. as illustrated. it is of an eliptical shape made of a piece of bladder or skin of a length usually about 10¼ inches and about 3 3/4 inches wide. | The list of materials used by the Dakotas in ornamenting his or her apparel and articles of [?] is a short one beads percupine [sic] quills dyed various color and horse hair also dyed of different color with feathers dyed and in their natural hue. together with bits of tin. and horns with ribbon in a great measure complete the list. the porcupine quills are seldom used by he Ojibway indian except in a few cases for the ornamenting of baskets and other articles made solely for sale in the resorts for tourists in Canada and the "States." With the Dakota however the percupine quill is in constant demand few articles are there made on which some of these are not to be found. And they seem to lay great store by them for they are always carried in a pouch used only for this purpose. as illustrated. it is of an eliptical shape made of a piece of bladder or skin of a length usually about 10¼ inches and about 3 3/4 inches wide. It is flat and made like an envelope with an upper and lower flap. The end are finished with triangular pieces of bead nails sewed on the skin with sinew the beads on this specimen are a ground of yellow with triangles of red and blue. and to finish the ends is the ever present tassle of tin wcenes and here hair the hair in this case is purple. In such a pouch then the Dakotah squaw carried her stock of colored quills. Some of the pouches are more elaborately ornamented. the writer has one in which the top flap has a line of beads along the edge but this specimen was selected for illustration for the reason that it was ordered and carried with her into captivity by "?Crow Kane" one of the hostile Dakota Squaws who were captured at Pine Ridge Dakota and incarcerated at Fort Sheridan Ill. where this specimen was obtained. It seems to be singular that so much care should be taken of porcupine quills when the other articles used for ornament are neglected. and it probably grows out of a veneration the native has for this animal the Ojibway deems it a sacred animal. And it is possible although we do not know as a matter of fact that the Sioux so consider it. | ||
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Dakota (Sioux) pouch for holding Porcupine quills. )Haupt coll. & del)
length 10 1/4 inches width 3 3/4 "
The list of materials used by the Dakotas in ornamenting his or her apparel and articles of [?] is a short one beads percupine [sic] quills dyed various color and horse hair also dyed of different color with feathers dyed and in their natural hue. together with bits of tin. and horns with ribbon in a great measure complete the list. the porcupine quills are seldom used by he Ojibway indian except in a few cases for the ornamenting of baskets and other articles made solely for sale in the resorts for tourists in Canada and the "States." With the Dakota however the percupine quill is in constant demand few articles are there made on which some of these are not to be found. And they seem to lay great store by them for they are always carried in a pouch used only for this purpose. as illustrated. it is of an eliptical shape made of a piece of bladder or skin of a length usually about 10¼ inches and about 3 3/4 inches wide. It is flat and made like an envelope with an upper and lower flap. The end are finished with triangular pieces of bead nails sewed on the skin with sinew the beads on this specimen are a ground of yellow with triangles of red and blue. and to finish the ends is the ever present tassle of tin wcenes and here hair the hair in this case is purple. In such a pouch then the Dakotah squaw carried her stock of colored quills. Some of the pouches are more elaborately ornamented. the writer has one in which the top flap has a line of beads along the edge but this specimen was selected for illustration for the reason that it was ordered and carried with her into captivity by "?Crow Kane" one of the hostile Dakota Squaws who were captured at Pine Ridge Dakota and incarcerated at Fort Sheridan Ill. where this specimen was obtained. It seems to be singular that so much care should be taken of porcupine quills when the other articles used for ornament are neglected. and it probably grows out of a veneration the native has for this animal the Ojibway deems it a sacred animal. And it is possible although we do not know as a matter of fact that the Sioux so consider it.