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2. Tinkling Cones

Reply to appalachiablue (Reply #1)

Thu May 20, 2021, 10:13 AM

May 2021

By the 1600's Native Americans of the Northeast had acquired a wealth of knowledge for working European sheet metals which was no doubt combined with experience in indigenous copper before contact.

A favorite Native American ornament for the past three centuries is a sheet metal trapezoid, rolled into a cone, and attached to knifesheaths, pouches moccasins, or other clothing.
These ornaments are commonly referred to as tinkling cones.

http://www.nativetech.org/metal/tinkle/tinkle.html

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