thunderbird cape

Pacific Coast

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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among West Coast Indians, a highly ornamented blanket with contrasting color designs and totems outlined with numerous mother-of-pearl buttons.

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1964

He's also made a full-length thunderbird cape, in flaming scarlet and blue, studded with tiny mother-of-pearl buttons.