Movies like Last of the Mohicans, Dances with Wolves, Little Big Man, and the PBS series, Jamestown, have brought attention to historical accuracy of Native adornment.
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(8) The famous native actor, Wes Studi, in Last of the Mohicans, dressed in full war regalia, with magnificent roach, and shaved head painted red, white and black. A white line painted across the face with spikes on either side sometimes symbolized tusks of a bear.
The Pamunkey often painted their bodies in swaths of red and green. (6) A scene from the PBS series Jamestown, about the early American frontier and the Pamunkey, the first federally recognized Indian tribe in Virginia and descendants of the Powhatan, Pocahontas’s tribe. (5) An 1899 photograph of Oglala Sioux brave, Last Horse, in full war paint.
(4) A modern Nez Perce brave echoes the traditional trappings of his ancestors.
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(3) George Catlin’s 1832 depiction of Nez Perce brave, Rabbit Skin Leggings, in full regalia, painted red war paint, magnificently feathered and beaded and with a dramatic upright roach atop his head. Hail symbolized a prayer for misfortune on the enemy. Red and black were both colors of war and victory. (2) Algonquin traditional war paint used red, black and white geometric designs with vivid effect. The painted hand across the chief’s mouth signified his success in hand-to-hand combat. Red was a favored color of the Iowa and many Plains Indians. PHOTOS: (1) Early frontier illustrator George Catlin’s portrait of The White Cloud, head chief of the Iowa tribe (1845) National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.
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