Clothing

Tonkawa women wore wraparound deerskin
 
skirts.
women wore shawls made of rabbit fur
 
and the
 
men wore painted buffalo robes. The Tonkawas
 
made beautifully decorated
moccasins, but

wore
 
them only for special occasions. Normally they
 
went barefoot. Sometimes they would
 
tie a few feathers to a lock of their hair.
 
Tonkawa men wore their hair long and braided,
 
but warriors would sometimes cut the hair on

the left side of their heads short. Tonkawa
 
women wore their hair either loose or in one

long braid. The Tonkawas wore
tribal

tattoos
 nd also painted their faces for special
 
occasions. They used different patterns for war
 
paint, religious ceremonies, and festive
 
decoration.

Today, some Tonkawa people still have

moccasins or a buckskin dress, but they wear

modern clothes like jeans instead of
 
breechcloths... and they only wear traditional

regalia on special occasions like a wedding or a
 
dance.


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