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Title: Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
Subjects: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology Ethnology Indians
Publisher: Washington : U. S. Govt. Print. Off.
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Kahle/Austin Foundation and Omidyar Network

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FlQ. 29—Seri hairbrush. Fig. 30—Seri cradle. mans rancho, was limited to a cincture of hair cord or snake skin, orperhaps of agave fiber, under which an improvised kilt might be tuckedon the Caucasians approacli. In addition to the individual apparel, each clan, or at least the elder-woman or her fraternal executive, accumulates some surplus materialas opportunity offers, and this serves as family bedding until occasionarises for converting it to other uses. Of late the prevailing materialsare pelican skins, lightly dressed and joined into robes by sinew stitch-ing; deerskins, dried or partially dressed; cormorant skins, treated likethose of the pelican; seal skins, usually fragmentary; peccary skins, BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. XXXIII
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PLAIN OLLA MCOEE) LARGE USE OF SKINS 227* apparently dried without dressing, together withskius of rabbits, uiouutaiu sheep, antelope, etc,usually tattered or torn into fragments. Commonlythe hides and pelts are nearly or quite in naturalcondition, retaining the hair, fur, or feathers. Thedressing is apparently limited to scratching andgnawing away superfluous flesh, followed by somerubbing and greasing; tanning is apparently un-known. By far the most abundant of the collectivepossessions are. the pelican-skin robes, which formthe sole article of recognized barter with Aliens.The aggregate stock accumulated at any time is butmeager, never too much to be borne on the headsand backs of the clan in case of unexpected de-camping. Aside from the painting paraphernalia, there isbut a single conspicuous toilet article; this is a hair-brush made of yucca fiber bound into cylindricalform, as illustrated in figure 29. This article is infrequent use; both women and men give much atten-tion to br

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