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Northwest Coast Clothing

Northwest Coast Clothing


In fair weather men wore no clothing. Women wore short skirts of skin and bark when it rained. Men and women donned basketry hats and short capes. In cold weather they wrapped themselves in cloaks of bark or animal skins. Generally they were barefooted and bare legged.


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