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| Mid 18th C. to mid 19th C. Great Lakes wool strap dress. Decorated with silk ribbon, silver brooches, glass wampum, copper cones, and white glass beads on edges. |
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| Early contact to mid 18th C. Deer hide wrap skirt with white or India print shirt or chemise. Matching deer hide leggings. Also have early wool wrap skirt with shorter length (above the knee vs. just below for late 18th to early 19th C.). |
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| Early to mid 19th C. outfit. Wool wrap skirt with ribbon applique. Matching wool leggings. The shirts are very general, and the top hat is appropriate for this time period and outfit. |
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| Early contact deer hide strap-dress. Decorated with quillwork, dyes/paint, and copper cones. |
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| East coast/mid-Atlantic proto contact outfit consists of mainly hide clothing with some natural fiber items. |
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| Mississippian outfit consists of a natural fiber twined top and hide wrap skirt, with appropiate jewelry including engraved shell gorget, shell and copper beads, and a copper head band. |
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| Wearing wool blanket in extreme weather for extra warmth on top of coat. |
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| Northern Great Lakes style wool hood and British coat is worn in colder weather. |
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| Strap-dress with trade shirt. As a note, the moccasins are center seam (some wool lined, some fur lined, other not lined). |
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| General Northeastern haistyles are usually worn: tied back, full hair wrap, single braid, or loose. Other hair styles specific of locality can be requested (ex. four braids for proto-contact Huron, Northern Iroquois, etc.). |
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| Any hats worn are correct to time: wool hoods, tri-corn (earlier), or top hat (later). As a note, when face paint is worn, it is usually red applied on the hair part and around the hair line. Sometimes fake tatooing is applied to face depending on event time and theme. |
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| Mississippian hair style based on a clay figurine. Jessica can style hair based on local historical/archeological evidence if requested. |
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| Mark usually accompanies Jessica for weekend programs. Mark's outfits are very general: a mix of white and Naive clothes as any interpreter, trader, or woodsman of the times. |
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| Mark's clothing usually consists of trade shirts and hunting frocks, trade bead necklaces, belt and leather or canvas shoulder bag, french fly or drop front knee length breeches, leather leggings, and center seam moccasins. |
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| Mark's hair is pulled back and tied, and he usually wears a silk scarf, black unshaped hat, or voyager's cap. |
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