American West
- Created by: maiatrower
- Created on: 27-01-14 19:12
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2. Name 3 parts of the buffalo used for items in the home.
- Spoons made from the horns, soap made from fat, hooves crafted into tools.
- Tanned hide for tipi covers, hooves for toys, tendons made into rugs
- Dung was used as fuel, bones were made into pencils, horns made cups
- Cutlery made from horns, bedsheets made from tanned hide, fireplaces made from bones
3. Name 2 parts of the buffalo used for religious reasons.
- Meat used as sacrifice, ground hooves used to paint pictures during rituals
- Painted hooves used for prayer, hide made into religious robes
- Painted skull used for rituals, horns made into head-dresses
- Stretched hide formed drums, and bones were used as drumsticks
4. Name 3 parts of the buffalo used for clothing.
- Mittens made of buffalo fur, meat used for head-dresses, leggings made from horns.
- Head-dresses made by tanned hide, shoes made by hooves, tendons used for string etc.
- Head-dresses made by horns, tanned hide made leggings etc., fur made mittens.
- String made of tendons, moccasins made from hair, mittens made from tanned hide.
5. What were 2 key features of tipis and how did they help overcome the problems?
- Poles used as travois, could be packed in 10 minutes. Made of 10-20 buffalo hides, required little wood.
- Built flat to the ground to prevent damage from high winds. Flaps at the top could be opened up to allow smoke from fires to escape.
- Holes in the sides acted as ventilation for the high temperatures. Conical, bottom-heavy shape to prevent blowing over.
- Had a waterproof layer to protect against heavy rain. Bottom of tipi rolls up to let in air, and flaps act as shade from the sun.
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