Clothing and Accessories
Apache Native Americans are very good at their bead work, especially the tribes that lived near Plains Indians. For good luck, they sewed beads on to their leather war shirts. They also made arrow quills, beaded bags, saddle blankets and others.
The men of the Apache tribe wear a cotton tunic shirt and pants of the Mexicans, and the Apache women wore calico dresses, just like the clothing of Mexican women. Both men and women wore hide moccasins with beaded decoration.
By the 1800s Apache clothing, was beginning to become influenced by the U.S. Army code of dress.
Apaches who used to live on the Plains, adopted the dress of their Kiowa and Sioux neighbors.
Apaches had long hair, wore feather headdresses, and painted their faces in certain designs depending on whether the occasion was festive, religious or ceremonial before warriors went out to face the enemy.
The yellow dress in the slideshow is a beaded Apache dress that was worn in the 1890s.
The black and white photo in the slideshow is the Apache Geronimo in a full headdress, showing the design influences of the Plains Indians.
The men of the Apache tribe wear a cotton tunic shirt and pants of the Mexicans, and the Apache women wore calico dresses, just like the clothing of Mexican women. Both men and women wore hide moccasins with beaded decoration.
By the 1800s Apache clothing, was beginning to become influenced by the U.S. Army code of dress.
Apaches who used to live on the Plains, adopted the dress of their Kiowa and Sioux neighbors.
Apaches had long hair, wore feather headdresses, and painted their faces in certain designs depending on whether the occasion was festive, religious or ceremonial before warriors went out to face the enemy.
The yellow dress in the slideshow is a beaded Apache dress that was worn in the 1890s.
The black and white photo in the slideshow is the Apache Geronimo in a full headdress, showing the design influences of the Plains Indians.