As chauvinistic as males were in dealings with their spouses, Plains Indian men at least showered their wives with a plethora of finery. Miller described this woman as attired in the most lavish of “barbaric splendor.” Her “saddle is adapted expressly for her convenience and safety; pounds of beads, and any number of hawks’ bells are lavished on her dress and on the horse’s trappings; at her side, depending from the saddle, hangs her ‘possible sack,’ which is a wonder of workmanship, in dyed porcupine quills, and in it she carries her trinkets and finery.” (Bell, 30)
Peter H. Hassrick
As chauvinistic as males were in dealings with their spouses, Plains Indian men at least showered their wives with a plethora of finery. Miller described this woman as attired in the most lavish of “barbaric splendor.” Her “saddle is adapted expressly for her convenience and safety; pounds of beads, and any number of hawks’ bells are lavished on her dress and on the horse’s trappings; at her side, depending from the saddle, hangs her ‘possible sack,’ which is a wonder of workmanship, in dyed porcupine quills, and in it she carries her trinkets and finery.” (Bell, 30)
Peter H. Hassrick
As chauvinistic as males were in dealings with their spouses, Plains Indian men at least showered their wives with a plethora of finery. Miller described this woman as attired in the most lavish of “barbaric splendor.” Her “saddle is adapted expressly for her convenience and safety; pounds of beads, and any number of hawks’ bells are lavished on her dress and on the horse’s trappings; at her side, depending from the saddle, hangs her ‘possible sack,’ which is a wonder of workmanship, in dyed porcupine quills, and in it she carries her trinkets and finery.” (Bell, 30)
