Subject: lobo 'wolf' warrior
Culture: Comanche, Kiowa
Setting: frontier raids and warfare, Comancheria/Texas/Mexico 1836-1874
Object: costume
Doss Center > Native Americans *
"The Plains Indian Man Plains Indian men were responsible for hunting wild game for food,
trading (and sometimes stealing) horses and when necessary, making war.
The men began training early with the knife, bow and arrow,
lance and war club and became excellent horsemen.
"Men wore their hair long and decorated it with otter pelts and beads. They painted their faces and scalp Their buckskin clothing and moccasins
included fringe to symbolically hide their tracks when dismounted."
* Frontier Texas!
