Karankawa Tribe Clothing Research Paper

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There are times when the Karankawa Indians wore little or no clothing, especially when the weather was warmer. Since they lived in a rather humid area of Texas, it was easier at times than wearing layers of clothing. Some Historians say that the Karankawan children often went naked in the summers and that the most of the men seldom wore clothing as well. Men and women would cover themselves with tattoos for modesty, but often left the warm clothes for colder days.The men and women of the Karankawa tribe wore different clothing. One thing in common was that both genders usually wore nothing to cover the top half of their body. The men of the tribe would wear plain cloth or deer hide pieces sewn together and tied around their waists. The women

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