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Eagle Head Beaded Elk Robe | Elk Robes | Robes And Hides | Native Arts & Crafts
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Utilizing the lane/lazy stitch technique, Kevin uses yellow and brown Italian beads to decorate the hide. As Kevin goes on to write, "The color yellow represents the East direction...green represents Mother Earth and how once a year, every year, the leaves of trees and grasses of the ground come and go with new and old life...." The geometric designs with the yellow background at each end of the center strip represent the Lakota Nation. Kevin explains, "....bear tracks show us how the bear is also...
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The purpose of a Winter Count is to take the most significant event that the tribe has experienced each year and record it with a pictograph. The pictographs in this Winter Count begin in the year 1796 and end in 1926. The pictographs are read from left to right and begin at the top and continue on to the bottom. This robe is accompanied by an interpretive guide written by Roberta Carkeek Cheney titled "Sioux Winter Count: A 131 Year Calendar Of Events". As for the robe itself, Melvin uses a...
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