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Featured in the May 1975 Issue of Arizona Highways

Linda Gillespie, a Sioux and a student at the Institute of American Indian Art in Santa Fe, displays the traditional basic black of the Sioux, adorned with cowrie shells and a heavy leather and brass girdle. This particular shape and use of brass was later adapted by the Navajo as a pattern for their unique silver concha belts.
Linda Gillespie, a Sioux and a student at the Institute of American Indian Art in Santa Fe, displays the traditional basic black of the Sioux, adorned with cowrie shells and a heavy leather and brass girdle. This particular shape and use of brass was later adapted by the Navajo as a pattern for their unique silver concha belts.
BY: PAUL MARROW,EARL PETROFF
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