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The Wampanoag, Nauset and Sakonnet tribes were closely-related peoples living in Rhode Island, nearby islands and the adjacent areas of Massachesetts. We have little first-hand information regarding their native dress but this was certainly very similar to that of their neighbours the Massachusett and Narraganset.

Men wore a fitted breechclout with fringed flaps hanging front and rear, thigh-length leggings with quilled garters below the knee, moccasins made in one piece with a seam along the instep, winter robes of deerskin or animal furs, quilled headbands and shell necklaces and earrings.

In warm weather the breechclout could be worn alone.

All clothing was originally of deerskin but plain-coloured trade cloth was adopted as soon as it became available, especially for breechclouts.

Warriors wore trade knives in sheaths hung around the neck like a pendant.

Most men wore their hair long and loose, but some mayhave shaved most of the head to leave a scalplock at the back decorated with shell beads and feathers.

Because of the lack of evidence for the original dress of the Wampanoag people, modern reconstructions are often unreliable but the link below takes you to a modern reconstruction of a Wampanoag hunter, his wife and a temporary shelter that may be fairly accurate:

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