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blankets, however, Indians are beginning to use as material for coats,
similar to the blanket coat worn by Americans. They give to these
garments the shape of a paletot with
hood but without buttons. They are held in place only by means of
the belt. The garment is cut in such a way that the colored stripes
are used for ornamentation. The straight edge with the stripes forms
the lower part of the coat; nay, even the strokes denoting the quality (1,
2, 3, point blanket) are left in view; and stripes outline shoulder seams
and extend along the base of the hood. This kind of coat I saw The
above passage and line drawing are both from the Journal
of Rudolph Kurz.
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among the Herantsa, the Crows, Assiniboin, Cree, Sauteurs, both for
children and young and old men; women and girls, on the contrary do not
wear them. The hood is pulled up in bad weather and here and there
one sees on the peak of one of these a feather for decoration.
Indians wear white, red, green, sky blue, and indigo blue blankets.
Special sizes are woven for children.