What are some Crow Indian artifacts?

Answer 1

The Crows were widely recognised as the makers of beautifully soft-tanned and decorated shirts, as well as shields and horse gear. Much of their surplus was traded to their friends the Nez Perce, who were much influenced by Crow artifacts.

Crow war shirts (not usually worn in battle, but designed to display a warrior's war achievements) were tanned almost white, with beadwork designs in dark blue, yellow, pink, green and white beads on a pale blue background - tall triangles and hourglass shapes were common elements.

Horse collars, masks and other gear were similarly beaded, often with red cloth used as a backing which showed through in certain places in the design.

Crow war bonnets were similar to those of the Lakota, but swept back more at the top - some had long trailers of cloth and feathers hanging down the wearer's back.

Some very powerful Crow bows were made of the horns of mountain sheep, backed with buffalo sinew and only about 31 inches long. Ordinary bows of ash wood were about 46 inches long. Arrows were typically 27 inches long, tipped with iron points from the traders and fletched with owl, hawk, buzzard, goose or white crane feathers.

Crow moccasins had distinctive tribal designs in beadwork on the vamps: a keyhole shape, horizontal stripes, a u-shaped design and square horse-tracks were common elements.

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