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Indian Art
Painted designs on shields used by the
Plains Indians were believed to have such
strong medicine that the paintings, rathei
than the shields, were the warriors' real pro-
tection in battle. All realistic Indian paintings
were done by men of the tribe; women were
permitted to paint only geometric designs.
bark to expose the brown layer beneath,
Birchbark held a place ol vast importance in
the daily lives oi tribes living in the northern
United States, Canada, and Alaska. These
northern tribes made no pottery, but used the
readily obtainable bark to make household
Shield designs were first seen in visions or
dreams. But other paintings were done to tell
a story, since there was no written language.
The painting on the buckskin robe, upper
right, depicts the name of the brave who
owned it, "Chases-Buff alo-Twice."
Designs on birchbark containers, such as
the animals on the Cree basket, lower left,
were not painted. Such designs were made
by cutting away the white outside layer of
and carrying equipment, canoes, dwellings,
and even clothing.
Many of the brilliantly colored symbols
and designs used by Plains Indians upon
themselves, their equipment, and their war
ponies were painted and worn for the pur-
pose of describing honors won in baltle. or
deeds of valor and bravery: they might be
called Indian campaign ribbons.
THE UDNK
<N(il York I, N Y CupyriihU 1953, by
■a Printing & Lithographing Co.
■erljf by Dell Pubiiih
L; Alben P. Oclaoort
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