My native spirits must be dancing up a ceremonial proverbial storm lately. Although I don't have the reference to my roots to specific which colors or symbols meant the most to them, I was compelled to draw the head band beading, and feather coloring as displayed here. Of course, this increases the piece count for the pattern, adding almost another 200 pieces over the related Mohawk inspired head dress, but that's just the way it goes when you see something in your mind and HAVE to create it.

"Although we may not know the symbolic meaning of Indian headdress, many people find them to be beautiful works of art. It is believed that the Sioux Indians created what is thought of as the traditional Indian headdress. This is the feathered headdress often seen on warriors and chiefs in paintings and pictures. Only the most brave and powerful of the tribe wore headdresses.

Before the invasion on their land of the white man, the custom of wearing Indian headdress spread through the many tribes. However, each headdress varies from tribe to tribe as it represents the culture of each tribe. The individual wearing it would often customize Indian headdresses, thus making it unique to that individual." - Source credit

• Glass List supplied
• Pattern is sized at 40.65" high x 36" wide, and has 1655 pieces. Suggested skill level is advanced.
• PDF will be send to your email: Download "xxx_1pg" for commercial printing service or "xxx_home" to print on several pages to assemble at home.
• WARNING: Some extremely small pieces completely necessary for authentic detail.
• PERMISSION is granted to the person who has purchased this pattern, to print / copy for own use & to create in glass for resale.
• Please download the Glass List text document, and send/bring to your printing service for verification of your rights to print the file to the custom size you request.
• Using Glass Paint to draw the banding lines on the feather wrappings (red area), would reduce the piece count and create the same effect.

***Pattern not to be redistributed.***

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