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Various Sizes - Matted Prints
This Chickasaw warrior from the mid 1700’s shows many aspects of the traditional Chickasaw Indian. This warrior is wearing a British red coat, most certainly a gift from his British allies who used the Chickasaw to great advantage in fighting against the French. Coming from the Southeastern Woodlands, this brave shaved and painted his head leaving one long scalp-lock on the top to which a porcupine quill and deer tail roach is attached. A profusion of wild turkey feathers is arranged within the roach showing the ability of this man to be a proficient hunter as well as a fighter. His bandolier bag shows traditional woodlands floral beadwork and his three copper gorgets signaled that this man was a leader of his tribe. His carved shell necklace shows a panther and is an ancient heirloom from his prehistoric Mound Builder ancestors. Such a shell would show the wearer to be part of the Iksa' Kowishto' Losa' or Panther Clan, signifying that this man was a proven hunter as the panther was considered a noble animal with powerful hunting medicine. But most important of all this warrior holds a fine “gunstock” club decorated with brass tacks and carvings and fixed with a deadly metal blade, a lethal weapon fit for a warrior from a people that were known as “unconquered and unconquerable.”
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Various Sizes - Matted Prints
This Chickasaw warrior from the mid 1700’s shows many aspects of the traditional Chickasaw Indian. This warrior is wearing a British red coat, most certainly a gift from his British allies who used the Chickasaw to great advantage in fighting against the French. Coming from the Southeastern Woodlands, this brave shaved and painted his head leaving one long scalp-lock on the top to which a porcupine quill and deer tail roach is attached. A profusion of wild turkey feathers is arranged within the roach showing the ability of this man to be a proficient hunter as well as a fighter. His bandolier bag shows traditional woodlands floral beadwork and his three copper gorgets signaled that this man was a leader of his tribe. His carved shell necklace shows a panther and is an ancient heirloom from his prehistoric Mound Builder ancestors. Such a shell would show the wearer to be part of the Iksa' Kowishto' Losa' or Panther Clan, signifying that this man was a proven hunter as the panther was considered a noble animal with powerful hunting medicine. But most important of all this warrior holds a fine “gunstock” club decorated with brass tacks and carvings and fixed with a deadly metal blade, a lethal weapon fit for a warrior from a people that were known as “unconquered and unconquerable.”
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