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Period Clothing

Woodland Indian Clothing
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.
Woodland Indian Clothing
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.).
Woodland Indian Clothing
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.
Woodland Indian Clothing
Early contact deer hide strap-dress. Decorated with quillwork, dyes/paint, and copper cones.
Woodland Indian Clothing
East coast/mid-Atlantic proto contact outfit consists of mainly hide clothing with some natural fiber items.
Woodland Indian Foods
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.
Woodland Indian Clothing
Wearing wool blanket in extreme weather for extra warmth on top of coat.
Woodland Indian Clothing
Northern Great Lakes style wool hood and British coat is worn in colder weather.
Woodland Indian Clothing
Strap-dress with trade shirt. As a note, the moccasins are center seam (some wool lined, some fur lined, other not lined).
Woodland Indian Clothing
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.).
Woodland Indian Clothing
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.
Woodland Indian Clothing
Mississippian hair style based on a clay figurine. Jessica can style hair based on local historical/archeological evidence if requested.
Woodland Indian Clothing
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.
Woodland Indian Clothing
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.
Woodland Indian Clothing
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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