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20th January 10, 07:19 AM
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It would be helpful if we could see some images of the "kilt-like garment". My google-fu has yet to turn up anything resembling a male skirt worn by the Cherokee. You frequently see long shirts or coats wrapped and belted but I've never seen what is being described above. I'd be very interested to see it.
***Edit***
Here's the only thing I've turned up
http://www.tuscaroras.com/graydeer/p...ldrenspage.htm
Kilts were traditionally made from leather and the edges fringed and decorated with porcupine quill-work. Kilts are secured around the waist by a sash. Today kilts can be made from cloth, usually wool in red or black is preferred. Also worn with a kilt, or breech cloth are leather, wool, or broadcloth leggings that are either attached by separate ties to a sash--or threaded through a sash or leather belt.
http://www.haudenosauneeconfederacy.ca/appearance.html
Men might also wear kilts made of soft skins.
(The male here appears to be wearing the garment we are discussing.)

http://www.cqsb.qc.ca/svs/434/fncloth.htm
Kilts, which look a lot like skirts, were occasionally worn by Iroquoian men on formal, dress-up occasions, but seem not to have been part of the day-to-day wear.
This appears to be focused on Northeastern Tribes. I've still found nothing about the Cherokee wearing a "kilt-like" garment.
Last edited by cavscout; 20th January 10 at 08:50 AM.
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