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11” x 14” Matted Print
Born of the red earth, the Fox tribe emerged. From the yellow earth came the Sauk. Together, the two closely related tribes make up the Sauk/Fox Nation of the Great Lakes region of the United States.
Traditional to this people is the porcupine and deer tail hair roach headdress. Often dyed various colors, the roach is festooned with one or two golden eagle feathers with quilled center decorations. It was typical of these tribes for the men to shave off their hair but for a scalp lock on the top of their head or a ruff of hair growing down the middle. This scalp lock is what was pulled through the middle of a bone "roach spreader" at the base of the headdress securing it in place.
Also part of Fox warrior's regalia was the bearclaw necklace with a full otter pelt flowing down the back and decorated with beads and ribbons. Only particularly worthy men collected the long foreclaws of the grizzly bear to produce such a prized necklace. As Washington Irving wrote,"The grizzly bear alone of all the animals of our Western wilds, is prone to unprovoked hostility. His prodigious size and strength make him a formidable opponent; and his great tenacity of life often baffles the skill of the hunter...his enormous claws are worn around the neck of an Indian brave, as a trophy more honorable than a human scalp."
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11” x 14” Matted Print
Born of the red earth, the Fox tribe emerged. From the yellow earth came the Sauk. Together, the two closely related tribes make up the Sauk/Fox Nation of the Great Lakes region of the United States.
Traditional to this people is the porcupine and deer tail hair roach headdress. Often dyed various colors, the roach is festooned with one or two golden eagle feathers with quilled center decorations. It was typical of these tribes for the men to shave off their hair but for a scalp lock on the top of their head or a ruff of hair growing down the middle. This scalp lock is what was pulled through the middle of a bone "roach spreader" at the base of the headdress securing it in place.
Also part of Fox warrior's regalia was the bearclaw necklace with a full otter pelt flowing down the back and decorated with beads and ribbons. Only particularly worthy men collected the long foreclaws of the grizzly bear to produce such a prized necklace. As Washington Irving wrote,"The grizzly bear alone of all the animals of our Western wilds, is prone to unprovoked hostility. His prodigious size and strength make him a formidable opponent; and his great tenacity of life often baffles the skill of the hunter...his enormous claws are worn around the neck of an Indian brave, as a trophy more honorable than a human scalp."
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