 AMERICA'S TRADING POST
Created by: * Chicomecoatl MorningStar, 2008-02-01 04:55:48
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Check up on the latest Chimu textiles for trade. From Chan Chan.
Richly woven wool ponchos add more color to life. A family’s most important textile is a rectangular weaving called a manta. Besides being used to carry items such as food or firewood, you can wear them.
During Inca reign, textiles were woven and offered to mark special occasions, from peace treaties and sacrifices to marriage ceremonies and puberty rites. From Cuzco.
1.Bark fiber sandals, and 2.Agave fiber sandals for men, women, and children from the natives of California. 3. Plains hightop boots for women. 4. More sandals, baskets, and bags of all sizes.
Tall, and short suede and leather boots for men, women, and children, all sizes.
1.Native American dresses, and cradles. 2.Native American quilts, and baskets.
1. Drums, all styles, and sizes. 2. Dark clay pots and comales from el Salvador. 3. All styles, and sizes cooking pots, and utensils. From Mexico.
1. Hunting Coat, Delaware or Shawnee. 2. Delaware cap, Canadian Delaware (?) Hide, porcupine quill, cotton (?) thread, sequins. This is a fine, but rare, example of Northeastern beadwork. The presence of a sequin indicates an Iroquois influence.
3. Pants for men from the land of Sitting Bull.
