The Catawba Project
The Catawba Project
The Catawba Project
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Almost all the men and women wore silver nose-rings, hangingfrom the middle gristle of the nose; and some of them had littlesilver hearts hanging from the rings…. In general they dressedlike the white people. But a few of the men were quiteluxurious in their dress, even wearing ruffles, and very showysuits of clothes made of cotton. Thomas Coke, 1791Coke’s account of western dress mixed with nativeornamentation among the <strong>Catawba</strong>s is born out bynumerous brass buttons and other clothing hardwarefound alongside silver earbobs, nose bangles, and glassbeads.