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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bev aka thelmasstuff, post: 49529, member: 23&quot;]Fantasy piece.&nbsp; Doubtful if there&#039;s a connection to any particular tribe.&nbsp; It could be tourist art from New Mexico or anyplace.</p><p><br /></p><p>For reference, the famous 19th century photographer, Edward S. Curtis, spent years traveling from state to state photographing Native Americans.&nbsp; His work is in museums.&nbsp; However, he carried trunks full of costume pieces with which he would dress his subjects.&nbsp; Thus, you will see people from all different tribes dressed up in the same outfits - what the white population thought of as typical &quot;Indian&quot; garb.&nbsp; This is well documented.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_S._Curtis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_S._Curtis" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_S._Curtis</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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