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Josiah Pinkham discusses trade cloth and otter braid wraps Item Info

These are examples of how the téhey that I was talking about were used in different ways. These are braid wraps and the simple way that you would use these is to wrap them around your braids like this. It would color your braids and decorate your braids in a different way. The older method of decoration was by taking otter skins and different animals such as an otter and making strips out of it, tying it together at the middle and then wrapping the braids and you’ll see pictures of different Nez Perce with the wraps like this. Individuals such as Chief Joseph were really fond of wearing braid wraps like that. They were just taken from an otter such as this and cut it right down the middle. My mom was really good at making braid wraps out of otter furs. Yeah, both men and women wore these.

Title:
Josiah Pinkham discusses trade cloth and otter braid wraps
Date Created:
2002-03
Description:
Josiah Pinkham discusses trade cloth and otter braid wraps. (Interviewed by Rodney Frey, March 2002)
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"Josiah Pinkham discusses trade cloth and otter braid wraps", Nimíipuu L3, Center for Digital Inquiry and Learning (CDIL)
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https://cdil.lib.uidaho.edu/nimiipuu-l3/items/nimiipuu-l3-127.html
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