And the Wampanoags of Rinaldo's work appear not in headdresses and buckskins, but in the tribe's actual garb of breechcloths and leggings.
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A breechcloth, or breechclout, consists of a strip of material ( bark, cloth, leather ) passed between the thighs and secured by a belt.
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Their clothing and hairstyles resemble those found in various tribes of Plains Indians : feathered war bonnets, fringed deerskins, hair-pipe breastplates, breechcloths, high-top moccasins, and long flowing hair or two long braids ( for both men and women ).
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A "'breechcloth "', or "'breechclout "', is a form of loincloth consisting in a strip of material & ndash; usually a narrow rectangle & ndash; passed between the thighs and held up in front and behind by a belt or string.
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Based in Phoenix, which had grown to a population of 10, 000 people, he performed duties such as maintaining order, collecting fees from saloons and gambling halls, transportation of prisoners to other parts of the territory, and enforcing local ordinances such as a Phoenix law requiring local Indians to wear pants instead of a breechcloth when visiting town.
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According to the data he compiled, which was published in the 1912 dictionary, in traditional Biloxi culture prior to the arrival of Europeans, men wore breechcloth or breechclout, usually made of deerskin which was " passed between the legs and tucked up under a belt before and behind, with considerable to spare at either end " ( Swanton 1985 : 681 ).
