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Sources often write about the beautiful ornaments of the Wampanoag People. Faces were painted with red or yellow ocher, black from charcoal and graphite, or white from clay. In the 1600s, Wampanoag men and women decorated their bodies. Occasionally, porcupine quills were also used. Wampanoag People decorated robes, mantles, skirt edges and moccasinash with paint. Moccasinash is the word for a pair.) Wampanoag moccasinash were made from deerskin. (The word moccasin is a Wampanoag word for a single shoe. Moccasinash were worn on the feet in cold weather or rough terrain. Women’s leggings were made of deerskin and were tied at the knee, while men’s leggings were longer and tied at the waist to the breechcloth belt. Leggings were worn in cooler weather or to protect from the scratches of brambles and brush. A woman wrapped a skirt around her waist and tied it with a thin belt. Women often wore skirts made from deerskin. During especially cold weather, mantles of raccoon, otter, beaver, and other animals were worn with the fur side closest to the body. Often, mantles were tied at the waist with a woven belt. The mantles, often made of deerskin, fastened at one shoulder and wrapped around the body in various ways. Men and women wore mantles in cold weather. Younger boys wore nothing until they were about 10 years old. Breechcloths were made from soft deerskin and worn between the legs with each end tucked under a belt and hanging down as flaps in the front and back. In the 1600s, the basic Wampanoag clothing for men, older boys, young girls and women was the breechcloth. Many people lump together all of the Nations of “Indian” People, but we are all different, and every Native Nation had – and still has – its own way of dressing. This image may be correct for the People of the Plains, but it is incorrect for the Wampanoag and other Eastern nations.
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Maybe you have seen a picture of a Native man in buckskin, riding a horse with a feathered headdress flying in the wind. You have probably seen many inaccurate pictures of Native People in books and movies.