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Usually women and as much men. They are ring brooches.<div>Ladies still use them and they can be bought many places. </div><div>Used by Europeans to hold shank buttons in place. </div><div>They are pinned into blouses all over the Eastern US.</div><div>Just Google Ring Brooches. Billy Maxwell</div><div><br></div><div>Now, does anyone know the Hochunk or other Siouan terms for ladies hair binders?</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Sep 24, 2009, at 12:27pm, Mark J Awakuni-Swetland wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Aloha All,</font> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">I received this inquiry regarding the Winnebago name for the silver "rings" sewn onto dresses, etc.</font> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Not being a Hochunk specialist, I thought I would forward it to the list.</font> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Thanks</font> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Mark</font> <br> <br> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Mark Awakuni-Swetland, Ph.D.<br> Assistant Professor of Anthropology<br> and Ethnic Studies (Native American Studies)<br> University of Nebraska<br> Lincoln, NE 68588-0368<br> <br> </font><a href="http://omahalanguage.unl.edu/"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">http://omahalanguage.unl.edu</font></a><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br> Phone 402-472-3455<br> FAX: 402-472-9642</font> <br><font size="1" color="#800080" face="sans-serif">----- Forwarded by Mark J Awakuni-Swetland/UNLAS/UNL/UNEBR on 09/24/09 01:26 PM -----</font> <br> <table width="100%"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td width="40%"><font size="1" face="sans-serif"><b>"Suzanne Arney" <<a href="mailto:s.arney@cox.net">s.arney@cox.net</a>></b> </font><p><font size="1" face="sans-serif">09/24/09 11:02 AM</font> </p></td><td width="59%"> <table width="100%"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td> <div align="right"><font size="1" face="sans-serif">To</font></div> </td><td><font size="1" face="sans-serif">"Mark J Awakuni-Swetland" <<a href="mailto:mawakuni-swetland2@unlnotes.unl.edu">mawakuni-swetland2@unlnotes.unl.edu</a>></font> </td></tr><tr valign="top"> <td> <div align="right"><font size="1" face="sans-serif">cc</font></div> </td><td> </td></tr><tr valign="top"> <td> <div align="right"><font size="1" face="sans-serif">Subject</font></div> </td><td><font size="1" face="sans-serif">regalia</font></td></tr></tbody></table> <br> <table> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table><font size="3">Hello, Mark,</font> </td></tr></tbody></table><font size="3"> </font> <br><font size="3">I wrote you earlier about your beadwork. Now i'm wondering if you can identify something for me. Winnebagos use silver rings in their regalia, sewn on their dresses. When i ask, they just tell me they're silver rings. Do you know what that ring is called?</font> <br><font size="3"> </font> <br><font size="3">Suzanne Arney</font></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>