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Description: Native American man wearing eagle feather headdress with trailers and traditional regalia standing in front of tipi.
Title: Native American man in front of tipi
Creator: unknown
Keywords: American Indians Headgear Tipis
Date: circa 1900
Type: photograph
ID: wfc.img.pho.p.69.401
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Beadwork on leggings and moccasins are Lakota, vest has elk teeth, breastplate worn by others and headdress also worn by others. These headdresses are only worn on special occasions and are not worn in battle. Eagle feathers are sacred and those on head dress are many thus kept in special container as even individual feathers are kept in a good way, containers of wood, etc....smudged
and taken out only when needed.