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chahkwoh pants, trousers

chohchoh apron, skirt

chopele'y short blanket coat, baby's rabbit skin blanket

chrwrnrh "a network headdress falling down the nape and back", long close-woven headdress, head netting

ch'wona' coat

haamur pendant worn in mourning

himar 'we-chah underwear

himar 'wo-'oy underwear

ka'anoh blanket

ka'a'n deerhide blanket with hair on it, blanket, deerskin wrap (in the Jump Dance)

kekwsah apron of bark

kohchenish large tanned deerskin used for blankets or dresses (larger than smechoy)

kreychoh hair ties

krhl earring

kry braids, hair wraps, hair tie, two braids

lepo'm headband "worn by the woman formulist in the Brush Dance ... normally made of ordinary feathers", doctor's forehead band of condor ruff

ma'ak head rings, "a stuffed ring of deerskin with three or four of the scarlet [woodpecker] scalps sewn on", "head rings with woodpecker on them", head roll

mewore'win towel

mun dress

munchehl ceremonial dress, dance dress

munchoh dress

myootek' I push, I put on (clothes, shoes)

myootelek' I am pushed, I am shoved

nohchur bone hairpin

noy shoe

no'ohpiit belt

no'oy shoe, shoes

no'oyek' I have shoes on

pah legaa scarf

prkwchihl headdress with feathers

prmryrh 'we-ch'wona'

prmryrh 'we-'ekah rain hat

purchihl brush dance cap

regey ceremonial headdress

rekwetoy scarf

renek' it fits me (clothing, etc.)

seksah small shell used on dresses

skego'oh sail, cloth, sail, rag

skoy buckskin, strip of buckskin, leather, deerskin, elk hide

skrytrk'w woman's dress

skrytrk'wrlek' I dress myself (of a woman)

slekwoh shirt

slekwohpeyek' I put a shirt on

slekwohso'm s/he dresses someone

slekwslekw clothes

slekwslekwoh dress oneself, clothes

smechoy skin a large animal, tanned deerskin, man's loin-covering of buckskin, worn in summer

srahkwoh loincloth

srekw ring

srek'wahpiit breechcloth

srek'wepiit diaper

srp headband, girl's halo in Jump Dance

srpryr' headband, girl's halo in Jump Dance

swechoh tear, yard (measure, of cloth)

te'rekws 'u-son thimble

tkwep' 'u-mihl 'we-chahkwoh shorts, short pants

t'weyomah basket cap

'ekah hat, cap

'eka'r necklace

'onches bracelet

'oohl 'we-'ekah Indian cap

'wrhpryrh basket cap for everyday use, full cap