Elk

Elk Tooth Dress in the British Museum Collection

Blackfoot Elk tooth dress.

On March 29, 2011 A group of Blackfoot people from all four tribes travelled to London, England and surveyed the collection at the British Museum storage. The part of the collection surveyed has quill worked scalp lock and weasel tail shirts, a split horn headdress from the Horn Society, a spilt horn headdress from the Brave Dogs Society, two straight up headdress', A shield, a club, a mans saddle, a woman's dress, a Brave Dogs rattle, a toothed necklace and a pair of men's leggings with quill work on them.

Kiitokiiaapii tells the Elk Woman story

This video features Kiitokiiaapii (Marvin Calf Robe) telling the classic story of the Elk Woman, which is part of the complex origin of the Naatoa's Bundle and the role of the Okaawa at the Sundance
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